Trade Pact Gasp

Ag Pieces Cause TPP to Run Short on Air

Richard Smith
By  Richard Smith , DTN Tokyo Correspondent
In negotiating to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, the Japanese government is constrained by domestic demand expressed a year ago in a resolution adopted by the Diet, or Japanese parliament. (Photo by peter.mottola, CC-BY-2.0)
In negotiating to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, the Japanese government is constrained by domestic demand expressed a year ago in a resolution adopted by the Diet, or Japanese parliament. (Photo by peter.mottola, CC-BY-2.0)
Using a mountain-climbing metaphor, Japanese officials are allowing that finalizing the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact will be tough going.

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