The latest WTO proposal regarding agricultural trade is unacceptable to Japan in that it urges big tariff cuts, farm minister Tadamori Oshima said Wednesday.
Oshima made Japan’s position clear at a morning meeting of the House of Representatives farm committee. He said the new proposal, put forth Tuesday, is unacceptable because a major portion of it is unchanged from the first version.
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