2013年8月4日日曜日

【翻訳】USTR 第18回TPP全体交渉後の声明


環太平洋パートナーシップ(TPP)第18 回会合メディア声明(仮訳)
2013 年7 月25 日 於・サバ州コタ
<政府発表>
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/tpp/tppinfo.html#seishikisanka
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/tpp/pdf/2013/7/130725_tpp_joint_statement.pdf

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<USTR発表> 第18回TPP全体交渉後の声明 07/25/2013(仮抄訳:磯田宏)
http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2013/july/statement-18th-round-tpp

 交渉官達は,本日(25日)終了した第18回全体交渉において,さらなる力強い前進を達成したことを発表し,オバマ大統領と他のTPP交渉国首脳達が設定した高水準で包括的な合意を今年中に達成するという目標に向けて,注視していくことにしている。


 全11交渉国通商大臣によるガイドライン(※例の2011年11月「TPPの輪郭」か)に従って,交渉各部会,すなわち市場アクセス,原産地規則,貿易の技術的諸具合,投資,金融サービス,電子商取引および透明性の各部会が,それらの貿易と投資諸関係を統括することになる規則を定める諸章の公式テキストにおける広範囲の技術的諸問題について合意に達した。また知的財産権,競争,および環境をカバーする交渉各部会においても,前進を可能にするための諸問題に関する共通理解を見いだした。加えて各交渉部会は,残された諸問題を終結して作業を終えるための,詳細な計画を立てた。


 また工業製品,農産品,繊維製品,サービスと投資,および政府調達においてもそれぞれの市場アクセスを供与する野心的なパッケージを構築するための努力を前進させた。交渉官達は,交渉国首脳が定めた時間枠の中でこれらの市場アクセスに関する結論を得るための次のステップおよび全体的な計画について,合意した

 TPP交渉国の通商大臣達はこの1ヶ月密接に接触してきた。特にこの1週間には,USTRフロマン代表が,ホアン・ベトナム通商大臣,リム・ブルネイ通商大臣,および茂木・経産大臣とワシントンDCで会談し,さらにヤナ・チリ通商省長官およびグアラド・メキシコ経済大臣と電話会談した。さらに訪米中のベトナム大統領とも会っている。(※USTRによる猛烈なスピードアップぶりが窺える


 フロマン代表およびその他諸国の通商大臣達は,残されたセンシティブな諸問題の解決策を見いだすために,次回全体交渉に先立つ今後の数週間に定期的に会談する計画である。次回,第19回全体交渉は,ブルネイで8月22~30日に開催されることになった。(※わずか1ヶ月の間隔で全体交渉が行なわれるなど,異例中の異例である。しかもそれまでの1ヶ月にも,通商大臣クラスで定期的に会談--電話会談も含むだろう--を行なっていくという!!)


===== 以下原文 =====


Statement on the 18th Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations  07/25/2013

TPP Negotiators Press Ahead in Malaysia, Welcome Japan’s Entry

 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia – Officials reported today that they achieved further strong progress at the 18th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, which ended today, keeping their eyes fixed on the goal set by President Obama and the other TPP Leaders of concluding a high-standard, comprehensive agreement this year, while welcoming Japan’s entry into the negotiations. Through the TPP, the United States is seeking to advance a 21st-century trade and investment framework that will boost competitiveness, expand trade and investment with the robust economies of the Asia Pacific, and support the creation and retention of U.S. jobs, while promoting core U.S. principles on labor rights, environmental protection, and transparency.


 Following the guidance of the trade ministers from the United States and the other TPP countries prior to this round – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam – the negotiating groups covering market access, rules of origin, technical barriers to trade, investment, financial services, e-commerce, and transparency reached agreement on a wide range of technical issues in the legal texts of these chapters, which set the rules that govern the conduct of their trade and investment relations. They also found common ground on issues that allowed them to make progress in the negotiating groups covering intellectual property, competition, and environment. In addition, each group developed a detailed plan for closing remaining issues and completing their work.


 The negotiators also moved ahead in their efforts to construct the ambitious packages that will provide access to their respective markets for industrial, agricultural and textile and apparel products, services and investment, and government procurement. They agreed on next steps and an overall plan for achieving these market access outcomes in the timeframe agreed by Leaders.


 Throughout the talks, negotiators reflected the wide range of views provided to them by their stakeholders on the best pathway to promote trade and investment, regional integration, and jobs in the United States and the other TPP countries. The TPP negotiations were temporarily adjourned on July 20 so the delegates could listen to and share information with more than 200 stakeholders from the United States and across the TPP region. Stakeholders also met informally with U.S. and other negotiators to provide further detailed information. U.S. chief negotiator Barbara Weisel and her fellow TPP chief negotiators also briefed stakeholders on the status of the negotiations and responded to their questions on specific issues and the process going forward.

On July 23, the United States and the other TPP countries welcomed Japan as the 12th member of the negotiations, following the successful completion of the respective domestic procedures of the United States and the other existing TPP members. Japan received detailed updates on the status of the negotiations and participated actively in the work of the negotiating groups that were meeting on those dates, expressing its commitment to integrate quickly and smoothly into the process. With Japan’s entry, TPP countries now account for nearly 40 percent of global GDP and about one-third of all world trade.

Ministers from the TPP countries have been in close touch on TPP over the past month. Over the past week, USTR Froman met in Washington with Vietnamese Trade Minister Hoang, Bruneian Trade Minister Pehin Lim, and Japanese Minister for the Economy, Trade and Industry Motegi, and spoke by phone with Director General Jana of Chile’s trade ministry (DIRECON) and Mexican Economy Minister Guajardo. Additionally, Ambassador Froman met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang during President Sang’s visit to Washington, D.C. this week.


 Ambassador Froman and the other TPP ministers plan to engage regularly in the coming weeks ahead of the next round to find solutions to the sensitive issues that remain, guide the work of negotiators, and keep the negotiations moving expeditiously toward a high-standard outcome the TPP Leaders agreed to seek.

 The 19th round of TPP negotiations will be held in Brunei from August 22-30

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