trade deals: He made the remark after President Donald Trump's administration accused Japan last week of maintaining nontariff barriers for its automobile market and imposing high import tariffs for foreign farm products, according to The Japan Times. After withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation free trade agreement, in late January, Trump has been calling for bilateral trade deals with major trading partners including Japan that he believes benefit American workers and industry in line with his America First agenda. I would list, of course, Japan as being a primary target for a place where increased access for agriculture is important, Lighthizer said Tuesday during his Senate confirmation hearing. Lighthizer, who served as deputy USTR under President Ronald Reagan, indirectly criticized Japan and other TPP members for not sufficiently liberalizing their farm trade. It is hard for me to understand why we tolerate so many barriers to agriculture trade when America is the No. 1 producer of agriculture products. It's clear that agriculture would have been a beneficiary of TPP, he said.
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