Japan hints at joining Pacific free trade pact
By , on December 24th, 2012
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan’s new government led by incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe has suggested it may join a US-backed Pacific-wide free trade deal, a report said on Monday. Tokyo has previously shown interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) but remained non-committal in the face of fierce opposition from its cosseted farming industry. Participation by the world’s third largest economy would give a shot in the arm to a pact seen as a key plank of US President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia, and a counterbalance to China’s rising regional clout. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Japan hints at joining Pacific free trade pact
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Japan hints at joining Pacific free trade pact
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan’s new government led by incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe has suggested it may join a US-backed Pacific-wide free trade deal, a report said on Monday. Tokyo has previously shown interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) but remained non-committal in the face of fierce opposition from its cosseted farming industry. Participation by the world’s third largest economy would give a shot in the arm to a pact seen as a key plank of US President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia, and a counterbalance to China’s rising regional clout. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Japan hints at joining Pacific free trade pact
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