Sandhusker, I realize what you are saying, but please this article and it talks about Japan about one third of the page down, however, the entire article is about free trade and is backed up with news articles.
http://elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com/free_trade/
at least soak this in:
IF you think Japan won't come up with another excuse after all beef is tested for BSE, think again........... did you read what they had to do just to send apples??
http://elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com/free_trade/
at least soak this in:
After 15 years of negotiations, our import share in Asia fell from 18% to 10%! One would think this would ring alarm bells. But all it does is trigger the snooze alarm. After 15 years of 'negotiations' we have LOST market shares in Japan, China and Korea!
IF you think Japan won't come up with another excuse after all beef is tested for BSE, think again........... did you read what they had to do just to send apples??