Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 3/19/15

A Japanese pork producer group says it could live with a 50 percent reduction in import tariffs to help Japan reach an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to a report by Bloomberg.

The Japan Pork Producers Association said it could accept a cut to as low as $2 per kilogram from a maximum of almost $4 per kilogram, the group’s managing director, Hisao Kuramoto, is quoted as saying.

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