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Trade deal threatens Japan's food security: ex-minister

TPP will deepen country's dependence on agricultural imports, says Yamada

Published Fri, May 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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JAPAN's food security and farm industry are threatened by a US-led Pacific trade agreement supported by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to a former Japanese agriculture minister.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would deepen Japan's dependence on agricultural imports, undermining its control over food safety and security, Masahiko Yamada, a lawyer and minister in 2010 in the then Democratic Party of Japan government, said in an interview on Thursday in Tokyo.

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