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Viewing cable 06TOKYO1010, CHINA WANTS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES WITH JAPAN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06TOKYO1010 2006-02-26 23:04 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tokyo
VZCZCXRO9106
PP RUEHCN
DE RUEHKO #1010 0572304
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 262304Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9050
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS TOKYO 001010 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
EAP/J PLEASE PASS TO USTR STANFORD MCCOY, TIM STRATFORD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ECON CH JP
SUBJECT:  CHINA WANTS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES WITH JAPAN 
 
 
1.  (SBU)  SUMMARY:  Senior Chinese Officials told Trade 
Minister Nikai that China was concerned the political chill 
might begin to affect bilateral economic ties, Trade Policy 
Director General Kitamura told A/DCM on February 24. 
Although Premier Wen Jiabao, Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and 
State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan each raised Yasukuni issues in 
separate meetings with Nikai, they quickly moved on to 
economic issues on the agenda, according to Kitamura who 
accompanied the Minister to Beijing.  They each told Nikai 
that China wanted to intensify senior-level 
government-to-government talks.  The Commerce Minister 
proposed that Japan and China work on a joint 
"mid-to-long-term economic vision" and Premier Wen suggested 
that Japan and China meet at the Director General-level in 
March to discuss how to develop energy resources in the East 
China Sea.   Both sides, Kitamura explained, reiterated the 
desire to resolve this dispute through dialogue.  They also 
agreed to talks on energy and the environment.  Minister 
Nikai raised many bilateral trade issues like IPR, and auto 
tariffs.  Although they did not make much progress on these 
trade issues, Kitamura said, the talks were positive in that 
China was clearly signaling the desire to intensify economic 
discussions at the Minister level and below.  Kitamura also 
said METI wanted to continue to exchange information and 
coordinate positions with the United States lest China 
attempt to exploit differences in our approach. END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (SBU)   China clearly signaled it was concerned that the 
cool political relationship between Japan and China might 
begin to damage the economic relationship, Ministry of 
Economy Trade and Industry METI) Trade Policy 
Director-General Toshiaki Kitamura told A/DCM on February 24. 
 Chinese officials raised the issue of PM Koizumi's visits to 
Yasukuni Shrine in every meeting, but they kept to previous 
statements and did not make any new demands. Premier Wen 
Jiabao, State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan and Commerce Minister 
Bo Xilai all underlined that they were afraid that the 
current situation could adversely affect Japan-China 
relations, quoting actual trade and investment figures.  In 
response, Nikai emphasized the importance of enhancing mutual 
understanding through more bilateral dialogue and exchanges 
and by developing a more future-oriented Japan-China 
relationship. 
 
3.  (SBU) Kitamura foresees that METI and China's Ministry of 
Commerce will take the lead in developing a forum for 
dialogue on a "mid-to-long-term economic vision," and that 
Kitamura himself is likely to be assigned this issue.  He 
noted that China originally proposed the idea, so, at this 
point, METI can offer no details on the proposal.  But the 
GOJ agreed to China's suggestion because it might provide a 
good forum for dialogue on a range of issues. 
 
4. (SBU)  The two countries also agreed to set up forums on 
energy conservation and environmental issues, and to resume 
expert-level talks on the East China Sea in March.  According 
to Kitamura, China sees the East China Sea issue as more of a 
territorial dispute than an energy dispute, as evidenced by 
the fact that China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is 
taking the lead on the issue. For Japan, its MOFA Asia 
Director-General Sasae and METI's Energy and Natural 
Resources Agency Director Kodaira will co-chair. Kitamura was 
certain that very high level Chinese officials had expressed 
a strong desire to resolve the problem peacefully and 
amicably through dialogue. 
 
5.  (SBU)  METI Minister Nikai talked to China's Minister of 
Commerce Bo Xilai also about its auto parts/IPR complaints. 
(Note: Japanese automakers, particularly Honda, have 
complained about counterfeit auto parts made and sold in 
China. ) Bo seemed prepared for these discussions and 
rebutted Nikai's arguments at length. 
 
6.  (SBU)  In summing up, Kitamura stated that the USG and 
GOJ should intensify exchanges of information and views on 
China's trade, economic and energy policies. Kitamura 
believes that now is the time for the US and Japan to start 
regularly exchanging views on China economic issues at a high 
level in order to avoid presenting China with opportunities 
to exploit the differences in our approaches.  He welcomed 
next week's visit of USTR General Counsel Mendenhall to 
discuss China issues. 
SCHIEFFER