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07TOKYO1782
2007-04-23 04:03:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - DOHA ROUND - TOKYO
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001782
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - DOHA ROUND - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top play to
the results of Sunday's Upper House by-elections in
Okinawa and Fukushima Prefectures, as well as local
races. Tokyo Shimbun also front-paged PM Abe's speech
Sunday in Tokyo, in which he disclosed plans to discuss
the abduction issue with President Bush during their
meeting later this month in the US.
UNCLAS TOKYO 001782
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - DOHA ROUND - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top play to
the results of Sunday's Upper House by-elections in
Okinawa and Fukushima Prefectures, as well as local
races. Tokyo Shimbun also front-paged PM Abe's speech
Sunday in Tokyo, in which he disclosed plans to discuss
the abduction issue with President Bush during their
meeting later this month in the US.
1. "WTO Negotiations: Japan Must Revitalize Agricultural
Industry" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized
(4/23): "Japan is being forced to import more
agricultural products in exchange for expanding its
industrial exports. This puts the foundations of the
nation's food self-sufficiency at risk, so the GOJ will
have to accelerate agricultural reforms and revitalize
the Japanese agricultural industry. Moves are underway to
get the Doha Round of WTO trade liberalization talks back
on track, with cabinet-level officials meeting next month
in Tokyo to seek points of compromise. The major players
remain at loggerheads over a reduction in agricultural
subsidies.... Tokyo's primary concern is tariff caps....
Their imposition would deal a devastating blow to Japan,
which has a 778 percent protective tariff on rice.
However, given Japan's longstanding position of calling
on developing nations to reduce their own tariffs on
industrial products, there is little likelihood that
Japan will be able to make it through future trade talks
unscathed."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - DOHA ROUND - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top play to
the results of Sunday's Upper House by-elections in
Okinawa and Fukushima Prefectures, as well as local
races. Tokyo Shimbun also front-paged PM Abe's speech
Sunday in Tokyo, in which he disclosed plans to discuss
the abduction issue with President Bush during their
meeting later this month in the US.
1. "WTO Negotiations: Japan Must Revitalize Agricultural
Industry" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized
(4/23): "Japan is being forced to import more
agricultural products in exchange for expanding its
industrial exports. This puts the foundations of the
nation's food self-sufficiency at risk, so the GOJ will
have to accelerate agricultural reforms and revitalize
the Japanese agricultural industry. Moves are underway to
get the Doha Round of WTO trade liberalization talks back
on track, with cabinet-level officials meeting next month
in Tokyo to seek points of compromise. The major players
remain at loggerheads over a reduction in agricultural
subsidies.... Tokyo's primary concern is tariff caps....
Their imposition would deal a devastating blow to Japan,
which has a 778 percent protective tariff on rice.
However, given Japan's longstanding position of calling
on developing nations to reduce their own tariffs on
industrial products, there is little likelihood that
Japan will be able to make it through future trade talks
unscathed."
SCHIEFFER