TOKYO – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after meeting with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Hiroshige Seko to push bilateral agricultural opportunities:
“With China as a common challenge, and United States farmers sacrificing disproportionately in the Chinese trade dispute, we hope Japan’s negotiators consider advancing mutually-beneficial trade agreements between our countries. This would increase our exports and increase their intake of the safe, high-quality products we produce.”
Background:
This year, President Trump and his administration have been working to increase market access in Japan for U.S. agriculture, which is limited by Japanese tariffs and the decision to not join the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Japan and the United States enjoy a close relationship, with the U.S. housing thousands of our troops within their country to increase security in the region. The two countries are also working with the European Union (EU) to limit market distortions and over-subsidizing of products by various countries.
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