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Tokyo Launches 'Blame Game" on TPP

posted by Richard Katz on September 29, 2014

Found in Japan, categorized in Growth Outlook and Business Cycle

Tags: TPP Japan Akira Amari Abe

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Headline

In the version spread by Japan’s Cabinet Minister in charge of TPP, the talks broke down because the United States suddenly rescinded its promise to end its import tariffs on auto parts.

Abstract

After breakdown of TPP talks, Tokyo launches disinformation campaign in the Japanese press.

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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