It was clear to me what the Koizumi Reform
would bring about. In fact, the result
was exactly what I expected to happen.
As I often talked about it in video lectures, you can understand what I
told you turns out to be true. What I said
five years ago is happening now. As for
TPP, it is such an unusual example that makes us precisely understand what will
happen in the future. I am afraid many
people will be deceived again.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
May 2,
2013
English translation of a Japanese article:
Ankoku Yakou – May 2, 2013 –
Multinational
Corporations, TPP Mastermind, Finally Comes to the Front and Starts to
Selfishly Call for Market Liberalization
It appears that multinational corporations
(MNC), TPP mastermind, finally have come to the front and started to make
specific one-sided demands with the aim of influence peddling for themselves.
As I commented about TPP many times in the
previous entries, it is “the truth of matter” that even
President Obama, not to mention U.S. congressmen, cannot directly get access to
specific contents of TPP and a group of renowned MNCs including GM completely manage
and control what is talked in negotiations (conditions).
In other words, negotiations between the
Japanese and U.S. governments as well as the exchange of opinions between high
officials in the two countries, as reported by the mass media in Japan, are
never negotiation on conditions. Far
from it, they are just confirmation of MNCs’ claims like “carrier pigeons.”
In a word, there exists
no real negotiation on terms and conditions.
The phrases Shinzo Abe uses, which are reported as “defend sacred areas
at all cost” or “we demand what is supposed to be demanded” by the mass media,
are mere “fiction” to make us believe as if negotiation were in progress.
Actually, reading an article excerpted from
the Akahata, we will find out the fact that MNCs pose too blatant demands.
What are demanded by MNCs, which are shown
in the article, are as follows:
* “(TPP) is a chance which gives huge
profits to the U.S. and U.S. corporations” (GE)
*“Relaxation in description of the ingredients
of newly developed food & food with nutrition function claims and also that of the name, percentage and
production process of food additives (“relaxation of regulations to “secure
food safety”)”
*“Entry of American corporations into large-scale
public works projects such as major expressways, major public buildings,
procurement of railways and stations, urban development & redevelopment
projects”
*“Acceleration of procedures for
approval of food additives and relaxation of regulations on use of fungicides”
*“Deregulation of tariffs on major items
including rice and abolishment of duty to take epidemic prevention measures on
U.S. apples” (Walmart)
“Relaxation of registration procedures
for fungicides of postharvest (agricultural chemicals used after harvest)” (California Cherry Association)
*”Relaxation of Japan’s standards for residual
pesticides” (California Grape Association)
These are, of course, a
part of demands from MNCs, but just look at these, they sufficiently convey
their tranny. It
is self-evident that all industries in Japan will be “made to be markets for
the U.S.”
We really feel anew that “participation in
TPP” is “act of traitor to the country”, nothing but economic colonization.
Additionally, we have to have a sense of
danger anew on that the U.S. claims to incorporate a “toxin provision” “ISDS
(Investor State Dispute Settlement stipulation)” and foreign corporations claim
the right to take legal action against the government of the partner country.
In other words, we
have to reaffirm the meaning of a definite statement by the United State Trade
Representative (USTR): “The goal of the Obama administration is to secure a favorable
position so that the U.S. workers and business managers become winners of
competitions in the Asia Pacific region.”
And there is one more point to note: the
fact is specifically described by an article of the Akahata, shown below,
that what Shinzo Abe says, that is, “we should protect what is supposed to be
protected in TPP negotiations” is not guaranteed, which is indicated by the
notification to the U.S. Congress.
In other words, the
part described in the joint statement of the Japan-U.S. summit meeting
between Obama and Abe held on February 22: “both
countries have sensitivity in bilateral trade such as a given number of
agricultural products for Japan and a given number of industrial products for
the U.S. is missed (or ignored) in the notification to the U.S. Congress. This means that the
U.S. has apparently no intention of paying attention to Japanese agricultural
products.
It is said that the Japanese and U.S.
governments will have consultation about nine areas in parallel with TPP
negotiations over 21 areas. It is safe
to say that these 30 areas are exactly what was discussed in the hideous “U.S.-Japan
Economic Harmonization Initiative” (the U.S.-Japan Regulatory Reform and
Competition Policy Initiative 2.0).
In a word, “TPP” is synonymous with the “U.S.-Japan
Economic Harmonization Initiative” (the U.S.-Japan Regulatory Reform and
Competition Policy Initiative 2.0), which the U.S. had long demanded Japan to
accept.
In the future we will
hear enough of blatant and unequal demands from the U.S. to Japan.
Now that we have initiated negotiations
after official announcement to participate TPP, we cannot turn back.
The bus Japan jumped on
is a damned bus for the “hell” which never makes us turn back.
