Japan’s Entry Into Trade Talks Draws Concerns

Japan’s official entry Tuesday into trade talks with Asian and Pacific countries is already drawing some concerns in the U.S.

After the U.S., Japan is now the second-biggest economy in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a group of countries that is seeking to finish negotiations on a wide-ranging trade deal as early as this year.

But bigger economies can bring along bigger unresolved trade problems, and a coalition of auto makers and a congressman from Michigan complained on Wednesday about U.S. access to the car market in Japan.