Japan under fire at WTO over farm tariff cuts

Japan under fire at WTO over farm tariff cuts

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Farm minister Tadamori Oshima, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and industry minister Takeo Hiranuma are in talks in the Diet building Nov. 19 after a Japanese proposal to apply flexibility in tariff cuts for farm imports drew fire from major agricultural exporters at farm trade talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva.

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