Dear Ms. Barton:
I am the General Director of the Washington Office of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) and I hereby submit comments on behalf of JAMA. JAMA appreciates the opportunity to present its views in response to the U.S. Trade Representative’s May, 7, 2013 request for comments regarding “Participation of Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations.”
President Barack Obama has embarked on a bold effort toward a free trade agreement for the Pacific Rim. This Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) promises a dramatic increase in trade, investment, economic growth and jobs.
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda supports this effort and is working with the president to bring Japan into the negotiations. The TPP offers a historic opportunity to serve consumers in a vast region of the world. It should include Japan and move forward expeditiously
Continue readingThe Japan Automobile Manufactures Association, Inc. (JAMA) appreciates the opportunity to present its views in response to the U.S Trade Representative’s December 7, 2011 request for comments regarding “Japan’s Expression of Interest in the Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade [TPP] Agreement.”
Continue readingIn May 2009 the Japanese Diet passed the “Green” Vehicle Purchasing Promotion Measures providing incentives designed to promote consumer purchases of new, ecofriendly vehicles in the Japanese market place while at the same time providing a stimulus to auto sales which are lagging as a result of the economic recession. This fact sheet describes these measures and provides the attached chart, which puts them in outline form.
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