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Abe vows not to concede ground on TPP talks ahead of U.S. trip

Members of JA-Zenchu, the nation's influential agricultural body, renew their resolve at a gathering in Tokyo last week to pressure the government to take a protectionist approach toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership. | KYODO

Kyodo

Mar 27, 2015

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan won't make any easy concessions just to advance the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks before he meets with U.S. President Barack Obama on April 28.

The TPP negotiations are "in the final phase, but problems remain," Abe said during a session of the Upper House Budget Committee. "It is impossible to make unnecessary concessions in line with my trip to the United States."

Abe is setting out April 26 for an eight-day official visit to the U.S.

Abe vows not to concede ground on TPP talks ahead of U.S. trip

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