2023-08-31 14:55:06
SOMA (Archyde.com) – U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel told reporters on a visit to Fukushima today that the U.S. will be in danger if China’s overall moratorium on imports of Japanese seafood escalates into a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute. Expected to support Japan.
Immanuel said: “If Japan decides to take this initiative (to file a complaint with the WTO), the United States will support (Japan). This is not only because Japan is an ally, but also because Japan’s actions are indeed legal.” He also said He said he might not predict what might happen, but that such support usually rests with the relevant U.S. government agencies.
Japan began to discharge nuclear-treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on the 24th of this month. The Beijing authorities, its largest trading partner, immediately announced a complete ban on the import of Japanese aquatic products.
Since then, Japan has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the ban and said it will make necessary responses under the WTO framework. Japan has also complained that many institutions have been receiving harassing calls since the discharge of nuclear treated water began.
“This kind of economic coercion once morest Japan, as well as harassing calls and fake news from Japan and surrounding countries, are all directed by China. It’s all political tactics,” Immanuel said.
After visiting the largest seafood market in Tokyo today, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pointed out that in response to China’s ban on aquatic products, measures will be developed to assist the hit fishery.
The Japanese government will set aside an extra tens of billions of yen from this fiscal year’s preliminary budget to fund the measures, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Central News Agency (Translation)
China bans aquatic products, U.S. ambassador to Japan: expects U.S. to support Japan in WTO
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