Chamber Urges Obama to Seal Japanese Market Access Concessions on Asia Tour
President Barack Obama should focus on finally bridging the U.S.-Japanese market access gaps during his upcoming summit in Tokyo in order to tout success on the Malaysia leg of his Asia tour and press Trade Promotion Authority upon his return…
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to the U.S., said Catherine Mellor, senior Asia director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in an April 17 post. The U.S. has the opportunity to overcome Japanese agricultural industry resistance to market access concessions for the first time in Japanese trade history, said Mellor. The U.S. and Japan continue to dispute Japanese concessions on rice, beef and pork, wheat, dairy and sugar. The U.S. is reportedly expected to permit Japan to retain tariffs on rice, wheat and likely sugar cane in the TPP, however (see 14041709).