Japan completes domestic procedures to ratify CPTPP
Japan fulfilled domestic procedures on July 6 for the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific (CPTPP), becoming the second member to do so after Mexico.
Signing ceremony of the CPTPP in Chile in March.(Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Japan fulfilled domestic procedures on July 6 for theratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific(CPTPP), becoming the second member to do so after Mexico.
The completion means four more countries need to finish their domesticprocesses for the pact to take effect.
Japan’s economy willlikely get an 8 trillion yen (72.28 billion USD) boost from the deal even whenagricultural and sea products may experience a loss of up to 150 billion yen(1.3 billion USD), the government estimated.
The Diet has enacted legislation to provide support for Japanese livestockfarmers exposed to foreign competition while extending intellectual property rightsin line with the deal’s regulation.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will sign a free trade agreement with theEuropean Union next week, showing Tokyo’s determination to promote free trade.
The original Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was signed by 12 countries inFebruary 2016 but US President Donald Trump pulled his country from the dealupon his inauguration in January 2017.
The remaining 11 countries, namely Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan,Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, signed the pact andrenamed it the CPTPP in March 2018 in Chile.
The pact is expected to boost economic growth, create more jobs, reduce povertyand improve the quality of life for people in member countries.
The deal will create one of the world’s largest free trade blocs with acombined market of 499 million people and GDP of around 10.1 trillion USD,accounting for 13.5 percent of the global GDP.-VNA
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Signing ceremony of the CPTPP in Chile in March.(Photo: VNA) 
