The Ministry of International Trade and Industry on Friday released a list of eight "major concerns" with big trade partners that will affect MITI's future trade policies.
The eight items are taken from more than 100 policies and measures by foreign governments mentioned in the 1998 Report on the WTO Consistency of Trade Policies by Major Trading Partners submitted earlier in the day by a subcommittee under the Industrial Structure Council, an advisory body to the MITI chief.
The annual report, the seventh in a series, examines the trade policies and measures of Japan's 12 major trading partners: the U.S., the European Union, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and India.