Shinzo Abe to Congress: Japan won’t shy away from reforms needed for trade pact
Posted on AllSides April 29th, 2015
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apanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his country will not shy away from domestic reforms vital for its participation in a massive Asia-Pacific trade deal Tokyo is trying to close with the U.S. and other Asia-Pacific countries.
“Japan’s agriculture is at a crossroads,” Abe said in his historic address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, the first by a Japanese prime minister. “In order for it to survive, it has to change now.”