LDP Urges Caution in Japan's EPA Talks with Mercosur

Nippon
2026.07.07

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has urged agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki to consider the impact on the country's agricultural and livestock production when negotiating an economic partnership agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc in South America.

Ichiro Miyashita, secretary-general of the LDP's Headquarters for Economic Partnership Agreements, and others made the request in a meeting with Suzuki at the agriculture ministry on Monday.

Miyashita urged the minister to start negotiations with Mercosur "with a firm determination never to conclude an agreement that would damage Japan's national interests," noting the South American bloc's high production capacity for livestock products and sugar.

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