TOKYO (TR) – Japan’s universal health
insurance system will be excluded from the negotiations at the Trans-Pacific
Partnership free-trade talks, the Nikkei newspaper said, citing a Foreign Ministry
report.
Opposition has grown against the nation’s
entry into the agreement over concern joining the TPP could lead to the United
States demanding Japan allow for privately held for–profit hospitals, the
Nikkei said.
Japan’s Medical Association expressed concern
over its potential impact on the nation’s nonprofit system and the quality of
care it provides, according to the news service.
The TPP free-trade talks, aimed at dismantling
trade barriers, are currently under negotiation by eight Asia-Pacific countries
and the United States. Original members New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and
Brunei first entered the agreement in 2006.
The Kyodo wire service, citing unnamed
sources, said on October 30, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda plans to announce
Tokyo will join the talks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit
scheduled to begin Nov. 12 in Hawaii.
Source: Nikkei and Kyodo
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