date:Nov 21, 2013
y products and sugar.
But as U.S. officials insisted that tariffs on all items other than rice should be abolished, their Japanese counterparts decided not to present the compromise proposal and the talks ended with no breakthrough.
Japan is seeking to maintain tariffs in the five sanctuary categories, but such reluctance to open up its agricultural market could face criticism in a meeting of chief TPP negotiators in Salt Lake City that started Tuesday.
As for possible compromise proposals, J