The final day of the Japan-US Business People's Conference Adopted a joint statement and closed October 28, 12:58
Supply chain diversification and free and fair rule-based trade to mitigate the risks revealed by the spread of the new coronavirus after the Japan-US Business Council, where Japanese and American business owners exchange opinions, has closed. We have adopted a joint statement that prioritizes the strengthening of the system.
At the Japan-US Business Council, Japanese and American executives exchanged views on lessons learned from the spread of the infection and trade issues, and adopted a joint statement on the 28th of the final day.
According to this, in order to mitigate the risks revealed by the spread of infection, it is important for the public and private sectors to work together to deal with issues in the supply chain decentralization, production and distribution fields, and by utilizing various data. They agreed that priority should be given to promoting policies to improve services to the people.
Regarding trade issues, with the confrontation between the United States and China in mind, "the trade system based on free and fair rules must be strengthened," and the United States and China should work closely with Europe and India. In addition, we are requesting the United States to abolish import restrictions based on Article 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.
Nobuyuki Hirano, chairman of the Japan-US Economic Council, who chaired the Japanese side, said at a press conference after the closing, "I think that the division between the United States and China will not change regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election. It is important for countries to share a certain sense of direction and cooperate with each other. "