date:Apr 23, 2014
arket access for agricultural goods.
Japan is demanding special treatment for its agricultural sector, including exclusion from the agreement of certain sensitive products, including pork. The United States never has agreed to allow a trading partner to exempt as many tariff lines as Japan is requesting 586. In the 17 free trade agreements the United States has concluded since 2000, 233 tariff lines have been exempted from having their tariffs go to zero.
The House lawmakers pointed out in th