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In reply to the discussion: The staged performance and then the betrayal [View all]SMC22307
(8,090 posts)205. To make things even more interesting... food fight from Japan!
Food Fear Lands Japan in Court Over U.S. Trade Deal Talks
1:49 AM EDT
May 15, 2015
A former Japanese agriculture minister is suing the government over a U.S.-led Pacific trade agreement supported by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, claiming it threatens Japans food security and farm industry.
Masahiko Yamada, 73, a lawyer and minister in 2010 in the then Democratic Party of Japan government, filed the lawsuit at Tokyo District Court on Friday on behalf of more than 1,000 plaintiffs, seeking to prevent Japan from joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he said by phone.
The litigation is another twist in efforts by Japan and the U.S., the top economies among TPP members, to expedite talks on the agreement covering about 40 percent of the worlds commerce. The accord would deepen Japans dependence on farm imports and threaten its food security, said Yamada. The nation, which relies on imports for about 60 percent of its food, has cut its self-sufficiency target as the government expands trade deals.
This is unconstitutional, said Yamada, who abandoned his party in 2012 over then-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Nodas push for the TPP. We will make maximum efforts to stop it. We want to spread legal actions nationwide. He said he will organize an anti-TPP rally on May 26 in Tokyo.
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More: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-15/ex-minister-turns-to-japanese-courts-to-halt-u-s-trade-talks
1:49 AM EDT
May 15, 2015
A former Japanese agriculture minister is suing the government over a U.S.-led Pacific trade agreement supported by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, claiming it threatens Japans food security and farm industry.
Masahiko Yamada, 73, a lawyer and minister in 2010 in the then Democratic Party of Japan government, filed the lawsuit at Tokyo District Court on Friday on behalf of more than 1,000 plaintiffs, seeking to prevent Japan from joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he said by phone.
The litigation is another twist in efforts by Japan and the U.S., the top economies among TPP members, to expedite talks on the agreement covering about 40 percent of the worlds commerce. The accord would deepen Japans dependence on farm imports and threaten its food security, said Yamada. The nation, which relies on imports for about 60 percent of its food, has cut its self-sufficiency target as the government expands trade deals.
This is unconstitutional, said Yamada, who abandoned his party in 2012 over then-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Nodas push for the TPP. We will make maximum efforts to stop it. We want to spread legal actions nationwide. He said he will organize an anti-TPP rally on May 26 in Tokyo.
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More: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-15/ex-minister-turns-to-japanese-courts-to-halt-u-s-trade-talks
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Those who vote for this will be rewarded by the beneficiaries of this atrocious
sabrina 1
May 2015
#5
The party isn't gonna change. Period. At least not in your lifetime, or the next one.
jtuck004
May 2015
#14
"The love of money is the root of all evil" < That explains a lot of our problems. n/t
jtuck004
May 2015
#184
'Religion" is not used as a deity construct, it is being used as a belief in what used to be the
djean111
May 2015
#28
This is too important to play dimwitted "let's get a post locked" games.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2015
#30
Losing one's religion is just a saying, it has nothing to do with organized religion/deities.
cui bono
May 2015
#114
I've been afk a bit, what have I missed, what is this in reference to?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
May 2015
#15
Actually, I'm guessing at that part because the information I've seen is sketchy.
randome
May 2015
#36
That's it. I knew I had it wrong but I wasn't able to find the posts for it. Thanks.
randome
May 2015
#43
A lot of the Dems who voted against the TPP fast tracking reversed their votes, so now
Nay
May 2015
#34
Agree. Protecting human rights as well as corporate rights is not anti free trade.
think
May 2015
#33
I'm waiting for a single BOG er to wake the hell up and admit what this president has done
Doctor_J
May 2015
#86
They insult the very people who put them in office. Why do they even bother to hide this
Elwood P Dowd
May 2015
#140
At the end of "Joe's Garage," Joe - who only ever wanted to play guitar - has been stripped of
RadiationTherapy
May 2015
#208
Here is the greatest example of the point and one of Frank's most exquisite works.
RadiationTherapy
May 2015
#210
I had hoped my anger over this outragous betrayal would have subsided somewhat by now.
99Forever
May 2015
#193