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Aren't We Friends Anymore? - Part 2

posted by Richard Katz on July 31, 2014

Found in Japan, US, categorized in International Trade and Investment

Tags: TPA TPP Japan international trade

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The key question needing investigation is what the letters tell us about votes on TPP itself.

Abstract

Republican and Democratic critics of various parts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement launched two separate letters to President Barack Obama laying down markers on issues ranging from Japan’s farm tariffs to the “Buy America” provisions regarding US government procurement. In the next installment of this series, Richard Katz will lay out a scenario of what would be required to get TPP through Congress and a discussion of whether those conditions are being met.
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About Richard Katz

Richard Katz is Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, the New York correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business magazine, and formerly the editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan.

Mr. Katz has taught about Japan’s economy as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and as a Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.

Mr. Katz is the author of two books on Japan's economic travails and has just finished a third book on reviving entrepreeurship in Japan.

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