This is my understanding. Kan, the pie chart and this question had been submitted to you ahead of the time. Our trade representatives are seriously involved in negotiations, trying to hammer out ways to strike a good balance. Please take a look at this pie chart, which compared GDP figures of nine TPP participating countries plus Japan. However, I see Mr. Chairman Thank you, Mr.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Signing TPP with the US which will virtually alienate China and other countries is tantamount to destroying our country. You said the agreement will have a tremendous, positive impact on the economy, did you not? What you are doing is federalizing Japan as a US client state. We are not necessarily focusing on TPP alone. And, Mr. Thank you. Then, my question will be, why are you not ready to negotiate a fine-tuned FTA with the US just like South Korea has done. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister talked about the early signing of EPA with Australia. But these countries have FTS or EPA, but NOT TPP with the US. Tanaka is asking me the question just as if TPP were a done-deal and we were plotting something out of it. First, with regards to TPP, we are currently in the process of gathering information and holding talks with countries concerned. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}Tanaka, please take the podium. TPP is one of them, which is true. Tanaka is apparently making assumptions ahead of the time. Australia accounts for 5 percent. The US accounts for approximately 70 percent of the world GDP, while Japan accounts for about 20 percent. But Mr. With this note, I conclude my questioning. For instance, we are negotiating EPA with Australia. So, let me hear your opinion. I say, Japan should rather be cooperating with the US in making the world a better place. As I said during my representative questioning at the plenary session of the diet last month, Japan should make up for its shortcomings by changing itself for the better. Agricultural reforms needs to be done and we need to do it well. Let me explain the chart for the sake of the radio listeners. Kan, you just made a wimpy statement, but Brazil, India, South Korea and China are also part of the Pacific Rim. I consider this a virtual destruction of our country. Yesterday, the Foreign Minister called for the early resumption of EPA talks with South Korea. My initial concern is, over the past one plus decade, Japan has been way behind other countries like South Korea, in terms of forming economic partnership. Seven other countries: Singapore, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Vietnam and Malaysia: account for another 5 percent of the GDP. PM Naoto Kan Mr.
