[CTC] Abe aims for TPP approval

[Arthur Stamoulis]

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Abe aims for TPP approval

11:30 pm, April 07, 2016

Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday expressed his determination to obtain Diet approval for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal during the ongoing session through June 1.

The Special Committee on TPP Agreement at the House of Representatives began substantive deliberations on a bill to gain the Diet approval and related legislation, including measures to reduce the impact of the multilateral free trade deal on domestic industry.

“We hope our country will take the initiative to increase momentum toward the effectuation of the deal at an early time,” Abe said in a question-and-answer session at the committee.

Regarding China’s possible participation in the TPP framework, for which a broad accord was reached last October among Japan, the United States and 10 other countries, Abe said, “China is welcome to join if it meets the criteria, and Japan will not stint on cooperation for that.”

“Japan will make efforts to increase newcomers by providing information about the deal and through other measures,” Abe also said, naming other nonmembers such as South Korea and Taiwan.

Asked about the TPP’s impacts on Japan’s agricultural sector, Abe said the government will take thorough measures to promote the sector’s shift to an aggressive strategy in order to ensure that key agricultural items will continue to be produced in the country following the effectuation of the deal.

“Effective measures will be taken to open a new era of agricultural administration,” the prime minister said.Speech <applewebdata://2A8757B4-7F8F-40F6-A437-D6F478F60DDF/UrlBlockedError.aspx>
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