Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday that Japan will join talks on a Pacific trade pact that would oblige the country to open up sheltered industries including farming, long a bastion of protectionism.
But supporters of the U.S. oppose Japan's move because it would not open up Japan for vehicles imported from North America.
Matt Blunt -- a former Missouri governor and president of the American Automotive Policy Council in Washington -- urged President Barack Obama's administration to reject Japan's bid to be part of the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, calling it "the most closed auto market among developed nations."
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