The Trans-Pacific Partnership offers an historic opportunity to establish a free trade agreement that will serve the interests of consumers in a vast region of the world. In pursuit of that goal, which JAMA supports, it is vital that the TPP discussions with Japan be based on substantive questions of trade policy, and factual information regarding market conditions.

JAMA is confident that any objective analysis of Japan’s auto market today will show that the market is not and should not be an “issue” in the decision as to whether or not accept Japan into the TPP discussions.

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