U.S. trade chief to prioritize farm sector in talks with Japan

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer indicated Tuesday he will prioritize the agriculture sector once the two countries start negotiations for what the United States says will be a bilateral free trade agreement."It'll take a while to get an entire FTA, but my own view has been that we have to take care of the agricultural part of it and some others so it's balanced at an earlier stage," Lighthizer said at a congressional hearing."I think because of the market situation in Japan, we have to move in that direction," he told the Senate Finance Committee.Lighthizer expressed concern tha…READ FULL ARTICLE