Category: Positions

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Response to USTR Federal Register Notice “Japans’ Expression of Interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations”

The 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.”

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES FOR THE PURCHASE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY VEHICLES

In 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.