To link - The U.S. Wants Back in the TPP? Good Luck With That. .. just bits reproduced here ..
"Trump Wants Back Into the TPP. Not So Fast, Say Members."
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The remaining 11 countries from the original TPP signed a slightly slimmed-down version of the accord earlier this month in Chile, suspending a score of controversial provisions that the United States had insisted upon. [emphasis added here]
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“Is there a chance in hell anyone wants to reopen the thing to get the U.S. back in? Not under a Trump administration[emphasis added here],” says Mike Callaghan, a former Australian Treasury official and economic advisor to the prime minister, now at the Lowy Institute, a Sydney-based think tank.
“Almost by definition, the suspended parts cover topics that were controversial to the TPP-11 members, otherwise they would not have been suspended,” Callaghan says.
Trump now demands all other countries in the new TPP throw him a lifeline by giving him back all those conditions in the Obama TPP which, since Trump's ignorant, ego-driven hissy-fit pull-out, the remaining countries in renegotiation have since discarded as being unfair and unpalatable to them.
Unarguably Mr. incoherence Donnie-boy has driven the U.S.A. into a worse position re the TPP. Seemingly, though he would never admit a mistake, he now has regrets.
Japan Still Big Importer of US Beef, Despite TPP Competition
Economy Aug 29, 2019
While Canada and New Zealand have benefited from reduced tariffs under TPP, the United States and Australia continue to dominate Japan’s beef import market.
Reduced tariffs have spurred increases in beef imports to Japan from some other countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership like New Zealand and Canada. When the TPP came into effect at the end of 2018, beef tariffs were reduced from 38.5% to 27.5%, and in April 2019 they fell further to 26.6%.
Ministry of Finance trade statistics show that the volume of beef imported from New Zealand rose 46.4% to 10,101 tons from January to June 2019, the period after TPP came into effect, and beef from Canada climbed 93.3% to 17,285 tons. These were both significant increases.
Beef Imports to Japan Before and After TPP
January–June 2018 (tons) .. January–June 2019 .. (tons) Change from previous year United States .. 110,621 .. 116,478 .. +5.3% Australia .. 148,975 .. 141,075 .. –5.3% New Zealand .. 6,901 .. 10,101 .. +46.4% Canada .. 8,943 .. 17,285 .. +93.3% Others .. 5,835 .. 8,103 .. +71.7%
Compiled by Nippon.com based on Ministry of Finance trade statistics.
While imports from the United States, which withdrew from TPP, only increased by 5.3%, this is not catastrophic for American farmers by any means when viewed from the perspective of long-term statistics.
American and Australian beef have long accounted for some 90% of imports to Japan. While the TPP has opened up the market a little, imports of US beef continue to hold a 40% share in 2019 and the United States and Australia continue to dominate the market.
The United States is concerned though about the long-term effects of withdrawing from the TPP and has reached a basic bilateral trade agreement with Japan to receive equal tariff reductions.
An additional knock-on effect is that, if the reduction in tariffs brings about an increase in the distribution of reasonably priced imported meat, Japanese livestock farmers will need to work harder to be competitive.
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