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Finish TPP Without Japan
2014-09-29 17:17:00| National Hog Farmer
P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is calling on the administration to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations without Japan. In a press release, the NPPC said that Japan continues to refuse to end its protective tariffs on its “sacred” agricultural products of beef, pork, rice, wheat, dairy and sugar. This could risk completing the TPP negotiations. The NPPC said, “Acquiescing to Japan’s demand would represent a radical departure from past U.S. read more
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