Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura will visit the United States for five days.
As awareness of human rights rises worldwide, it is expected that Japan and the United States will agree to establish a new task force to work together to eliminate forced labor from corporate supply chains (product supply chains).
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura plans to visit Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, for five days starting from the 5th, and hold talks with relevant ministers.
Of these, I will meet with the Thai trade representative on the 6th to discuss initiatives to eliminate forced labor and respect human rights in the process of corporate production activities and raw material procurement.
After that, it is expected that Japan and the United States will work together to establish a new task force to address this issue.
In the United States, there is a growing movement to encourage companies to respect human rights, such as the enactment of a law that completely bans the import of products produced by forced labor in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China last June.
In Japan, no laws and regulations have been enacted yet, but through the task force, we would like to verify the rules in Europe and the United States, and work on clarifying standards so that companies can actively respond.
In addition, Minister Nishimura will meet with Secretary of Commerce Lemond on the 5th and will call for cooperation from the United States in terms of research and development and production for the domestic production of advanced semiconductors.