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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07
Index:
(1) Letter from US President Bush to Prime Minister Fukuda
(Yomiuri)
(2) Government to ease conditions for imports of U.S. beef to allow
meat from cattle up to 30 months of age (Asahi)
(3) US beef imports: Government proposes easing age restriction to
under 30 months (Yomiuri)
(4) US beef: Gaps in views of concerned government agencies; No
coordination of views undertaken before talks with U.S. (Yomiuri)
(5) "It is not appropriate to take vote in New Year period," says
Upper House Defense Committee chairman; Option of taking vote on new
antiterrorism legislation before year's end gaining ground in DPJ
(Mainichi)
(6) Prime minister determined to re-extend Diet session to enact new
antiterrorism legislation at all costs; New Komeito supports his
decision (Yomiuri)
(7) Government bogged down over the extent of reduction in the
sympathy budget, with the Finance Ministry seeking broad cuts and
the Foreign Ministry citing concern about the bilateral relationship
with the U.S. (Asahi)
(8) DPJ President Ozawa meets with Chinese President Hu prior to
Prime Minister Fukuda's planned visit to China, playing up
diplomatic capability (Mainichi)
(9) President Hu in meeting with Ozawa praises improvement in
bilateral relations (Yomiuri)
(10) COP13 chairman's proposal places severe numerical target on
industrialized countries, but EU welcomes it (Nikkei)
(11) COP13 chairman's draft reflects developing countries' views,
expecting their cooperation for post-Kyoto framework (Nikkei)
ARTICLES:
(1) Letter from US President Bush to Prime Minister Fukuda
YOMIURI (Full)
December 8, 2007
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, chief U.S.
delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs,
met on Nov. 7 with the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs
Bureau Director General Kenichiro Sasae at Narita Airport.
Hill handed to Sasae President George W. Bush's letter addressed to
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. The President in the letter reportedly
wrote that the United States and Japan should continue to closely
consult and cooperate in realizing a complete nuclear declaration by
North Korea and disabling of its nuclear facilities.
Hill revealed his prediction on a list of the North's nuclear
programs, which is required to be submitted by the end of the year,
saying: "I think North Korea will probably submit a draft at least
TOKYO 00005495 002 OF 010
by the end of the year." As to when the U.S. administration decides
to delist the North as a state sponsoring terrorism, he stated: "We
can't say anything before we see a list of Pyongyang's nuclear
programs."
(2) Government to ease conditions for imports of U.S. beef to allow
meat from cattle up to 30 months of age (Asahi)
ASAHI (Page 1) (Excerpts)
December 8, 2007
Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura, in a press conference on Dec. 7,
referred to the issue of easing the import condition for American
beef that now restricts it to meat from cattle no older than 20
months. He formally admitted for the first time that the Japanese
government was thinking of advising the Food Safety Commission (FSC)
to ease the restriction to allow meat from cattle aged 30 months or
less to be imported, if the U.S. will agree.
However, the U.S. has been strongly requesting a complete removal of
the age restriction, so prospects are not clear whether an agreement
between Japan and the United States can be reached. Moreover, in
easing the age restriction on imports, the FSC's decision is
regarded as essential, but in a press conference last month,
Agricultural Minister Kobayashi said: "The government's policy
course of making a decision from a scientific perspective has not
changed."
Machimura admitted at the press conference: "Since around this
summer, we have been talking with the U.S. about such a policy
stance," namely, easing the restriction to allow imports of beef
from cattle up to 30 months in age. On the other hand, since the OIE
(Office International des Epizooties) or the World Organization for
Animal Health in May approved the United States as safe to export
beef regardless of age of cattle, "the U.S. has taken a stance that
beef imports should be based on international standards and be
without restrictions, but Japan is not making such an adjustment,"
Machimura said. Machimura thus admitted that negotiations between
Japan and the U.S. are not going well.
(3) US beef imports: Government proposes easing age restriction to
under 30 months
YOMIURI (Top Play) (Full)
December 8, 2007
Following the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in the U.S., the
government adopted an import condition that limits beef eligible for
exports to cattle 20 months or younger. In this regard, it was
revealed yesterday that the GOJ made a proposal to the U.S. for
easing the age condition to allow imports of beef from cattle less
than 30 months of age. This is the first time any specific content
of the talks to ease US beef import conditions has been revealed.
With the Japanese side indicating a stance of easing safety
standards while the U.S. is requesting a complete end to age
restrictions, bilateral talks to discuss Japan's U.S. beef import
conditions have entered a new phase.
U.S. Under Secretary of Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service Mark
Keenum during a press conference held after the Japan-U.S.
sub-cabinet-level economic dialogue on Dec. 6-7 explained, "The
Japanese side said that they wanted to consult the Cabinet Office's
TOKYO 00005495 003 OF 010
Food Safety Commission (FSC) regarding easing the age limit to less
than 30 months."
Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura during a press conference the same
day acknowledged that coordination is now underway to ease the age
limit, noting, "We intend to propose basically easing the age limit
to less than 30 months to the FSC, but coordination of views has yet
to be undertaken."
The Cabinet Office's FSC, which consists of experts, including food
researchers, assess the impact of food on human health, based on
science. The FSC will compile a report that will become a final
conclusion after concrete conditions are set at Japan-U.S. talks.
The Japanese government has thus far insisted on limiting beef
eligible for export to cattle aged 20 months or younger. For this
reason, all talks, including the summits held since mid-November, to
ease U.S. beef import conditions set by Japan have failed. Japan is
expected to aim at reaching a settlement on the beef import issue by
facilitating talks with "less than 30 months" as a new condition.
Referring to Japan's proposal for easing the age limit to less than
30 months, Keenum indicated his determination to continue to
strongly seek a total scrapping of the age condition from Japan,
noting, "It is not necessary to take a phased approach."
Tokyo and Washington have been continuing working-level talks by
quarantine officials since June with the aim of jointly compiling a
report on BSE risk in the U.S. Agriculture Minister Wakabayashi on
Dec. 7 told reporters, "If we are to consider the next step, it
would be adopting 'less than 30 months' as a new import condition.
When the panel issues a report ensuring safety and consumer
confidence, we will deal with the issue based on science."
U.S. remains tough; Whether settlement can be reached unclear
(Commentary) The Japanese government is considering adopting a new
age limit of less than 30 months for U.S. beef imports. However, the
proposal is meeting strong opposition not only from the U.S., which
is seeking a total end to the age limit, but also from consumers.
The present import condition that limits beef eligible for export to
cattle aged 20 months or younger is a criterion Japan adopted
independently, based on the grounds that when it resumed in December
2005 beef imports from the U.S., a 21-month-old BSE-positive cow had
been discovered in Japan. Since Japan believes that older cattle
have a greater risk of BSE, it has no intention of scrapping the age
limit.
South Korea and Mexico set an age limit of less than 30 months.
Since more than 90 PERCENT of U.S. beef imported by Japan before it
banned such imports in Dec. 2003 was from cattle under 30 months,
the Japanese side believes that setting 30 months as the age limit
is essentially just as good as scrapping it.
Since the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in May
classified the U.S. as a country with a "controlled risk" of BSE,
the U.S. has been calling on importers of U.S. beef to scrap their
age restrictions. Commenting on the fact that the Japanese
government is considering setting an age limit of less than 30
months, Keenum took a hard-line stance during a press conference on
the 7th, saying, "We are dissatisfied." The road to a final
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settlement appears rough-going.
(4) US beef: Gaps in views of concerned government agencies; No
coordination of views undertaken before talks with U.S.
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full)
December 8, 2007
The Japanese government during talks with the U.S. to discuss easing
Japan's U.S. beef import conditions proposed "less than 30 months"
as the new age restriction in an effort to find a breakthrough in
the stalemated issue between the two countries. However, there is a
huge gap between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), which aims
at an early settlement of an issue that is affecting bilateral
relations, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
(MAFF), which is negative about easing import conditions from the
viewpoint of food safety. The Japanese side's view is far from
unanimous in the face of a strong U.S. request for a total scrapping
of import conditions.
MAFF had been determined that if Japan's U.S. beef import conditions
became a topic of discussion in the bilateral sub-cabinet-level
economic dialogue held on Dec. 6-7, they would make their usual
assertion that they would deal with the issue based on science, as
one senior ministry official revealed. For this reason, they did not
undergo coordination with MOFA before the dialogue, according to the
same source.
According to an informed source, officials from MAFF and the
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) also took part in the
economic dialogue. Deputy Foreign Minister Masaharu Kohno reportedly
touched on the possibility of Japan easing its U.S. beef import
conditions. However, referring to views exchanged at the economic
dialogue, MAFF Minister Wakabayashi expressed displeasure to
reporters: "The economic dialogue is not a forum for negotiations. I
am the point of contact regarding the beef import issue."
Tokyo and Washington will enter full-fledged talks to set specific
import conditions once working-level officials, such as quarantine
officers, compile a Japan-U.S. joint report. Chances are that the
Cabinet Office's Food Safety Commission, which is responsible for
reaching a final decision on conditions agreed on, might question
the safety of beef from cattle under 30 months old.
(5) "It is not appropriate to take vote in New Year period," says
Upper House Defense Committee chairman; Option of taking vote on new
antiterrorism legislation before year's end gaining ground in DPJ
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Full)
December 8, 2007
Chairman Toshimi Kitazawa (Democratic Party of Japan) of the House
of Councillors Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, now discussing
the new antiterrorism special measures bill, told reporters in the
Diet building yesterday: "I don't think it is appropriate to take a
vote in the New Year period. Deliberation time (about 41 hours)
spent in the House of Representatives could be a yardstick." He thus
alluded to the possibility of taking a vote in late December when
the committee's deliberation time could reach 40 hours on the
assumption that the current Diet session is extended. An increase in
calls in the DPJ for taking a vote within the year is expected to
give a boost to the short extension option now being considered by
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the government and ruling bloc.
Although the current Diet session is scheduled to end on Dec. 15,
the government and ruling camp intend to extend it. Kitazawa
expressed reluctance about delaying a vote, saying, "We will take a
vote without fail. The rule (of determining the Upper House's
failure to take a vote within 60 days after receipt of a bill from
the Lower House as a rejection of the bill) would put the chamber's
future in danger." DPJ Secretary-General Yukio Hatoyama, too, said
earlier: "Although we would not hesitate to carry the bill over to
next year, a vote would naturally follow once sufficient
deliberation time is secured."
Some in the government and ruling bloc are searching for ways to
extend the session on a small scale to end within the year rather
than a lengthy extension until early next year that might result in
a Lower House dissolution. They fear at the same time that the DPJ
may put the bill on ice to eventually scrap it.
If the bill is voted down in the Upper House, the ruling camp will
not hesitate to override it with a two-thirds majority in the Lower
House. In that case, the focus would be on whether the DPJ would
submit a censure motion against the prime minister in the Upper
House. New Komeito Representative Akihiro Ota indicated in a press
conference yesterday that a censure motion against the prime
minister would not follow a revote, saying, "The two-thirds system
is now widely recognized (by the people)."
(6) Prime minister determined to re-extend Diet session to enact new
antiterrorism legislation at all costs; New Komeito supports his
decision
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
December 8, 2007
The government and ruling parties have begun coordination for
re-extending the current Diet session for a month. This reflects
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's strong resolve to enact the new
antiterrorism special measures bill even by using the constitutional
rule of regarding the House of Councillors' failure to taka a vote
as a rejection and the House of Representatives' right to override
an Upper House decision. To be prepared for unforeseeable
circumstances in the divided Diet, the government and ruling parties
also want to convene the next ordinary Diet session as soon as
possible in order to secure sufficient deliberation time in the
current fiscal year. The next regular Diet session is likely to
start soon after the current extraordinary session, an unusual
case.
The prime minister has repeatedly underlined the need for an early
resumption of the refueling operation, saying it is highly praised
by the international community. An LDP executive said yesterday:
"The prime minister's resolve to aim for an early resumption of the
fueling operation remains firm."
Initially there was some skepticism in the New Komeito about
re-extending the Diet session for taking another vote in the Lower
House, fearing that this might result in dissolution of the chamber.
However, perceiving that the prime minister's determination is
solid, New Komeito Representative Akihiro Ota told a press
conference yesterday about taking a second vote (in the Lower
House): "Unlike in August and September, I have the impression that
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(the people) are supportive of the option to a certain extent." The
New Komeito is now leaning toward allowing a second vote.
Some in the ruling bloc also called for re-extending the Diet
session for approximately two weeks by obtaining the major
opposition DPJ's assurance that a vote will be taken within the
year.
Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Toshimi
Kitazawa of the DPJ said to reporters yesterday about the new
antiterrorism legislation: "We will absolutely not use the 60-day
rule. We will take a vote when deliberations have progressed. The
bill must not be carried over to next year." He thus alluded to a
vote before year's end based on an agreement between the ruling and
opposition blocs. Nevertheless, many ruling party members share an
Upper House LDP executive's view that what (Kitazawa) said cannot be
trusted, for it does not reflect the DPJ's consensus. At work behind
the coordination for extending the session for one month until Jan.
15, the deadline for regarding the Upper House's failure to take a
vote as a rejection, is a sense of alarm toward the opposition
bloc.
In the regular Diet session next year, the government and ruling
camp need to secure enough deliberation time for the fiscal 2008
budget, budget-related legislation, and other bills that need to be
enacted before the end of fiscal 2007. This can explain why they
want to convene the next Diet session early.
Meanwhile, DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa will be visiting China until
Dec. 8. DPJ executives are scheduled next week to discuss a response
to the Diet in its closing stage to determine the time for taking a
vote on the new antiterrorism bill and whether to submit a censure
motion against the prime minister.
Some DPJ members are eager to submit a censure motion to bring about
a Lower House dissolution for a snap general election by driving the
government and ruling parties into a tight corner by shedding light
on allegations involving the Defense Ministry. At the same time,
there is a view that a censure motion should be put off until next
spring or later when the pension issue and the budget bill will take
center stage.
(7) Government bogged down over the extent of reduction in the
sympathy budget, with the Finance Ministry seeking broad cuts and
the Foreign Ministry citing concern about the bilateral relationship
with the U.S. (Asahi)
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts)
December 8, 2007
Negotiations to revise Japan's share of the host-nation support
(HNS) budget (sympathy budget) that covers expenses for stationing
the U.S. forces in Japan are reaching the final stage. Although the
Japanese government, citing the country's stringent fiscal straits,
has been seeking a reduction in HNS, the U.S. government has
objected strongly. The Japanese government itself is not lined up on
the issue, with the Finance Ministry insisting on large-scale cuts
and the Foreign Ministry expressing concerns about damaging the
Japan-US relationship. Since 1978, Japan has borne a burden of over
5 trillion yen in total, so it seems difficult to thrust a scalpel
into this structure.
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The sympathy budget consists of two fiscal burdens delineated by a
special measures agreement (SMA), one part based on the Status of
Forces Agreement (SOFA) and another part that exceeds that
framework. Under the existing SMA, 1) the basic salaries of Japanese
employees on the U.S. bases are covered (the upper limit (under the
master contract) being approximately 23,000 persons; 2) utilities
costs at the bases and other facilities; and 3) expenses for
training relocations. The total for such expenditures in fiscal 2007
came to 140 billion yen.
The Japanese government at first sought reductions in utilities
costs, which came to approximately 25 billion yen. In response, the
U.S. strongly advocated maintaining the status quo, citing such
reasons as the enormous cost of the Iraq war. The debate continued
along diverging lines.
With the hard-line stance of the U.S. not wavering, a noticeable
difference in attitudes emerged in the Japanese government. The
Finance Ministry continued its insistence on large-scale cuts. In
contrast, the Foreign Ministry secretly sounded out the Defense
Ministry about withdrawing the request for cuts in utilities. The
Defense Minister feared that the Finance Ministry would cut its own
budget, so it simply advocated that negotiations continue.
The government, even at the beginning of next week, will consult
with responsible officials in relevant ministries, the plan being to
firm up a final position, but it seems likely that the strong-minded
U.S. may try to steamroller its stance. In the background lies the
"debt that Japan owes for withdrawing from the Indian Ocean," as one
senior Foreign Ministry official said. Prime Minister Fukuda in his
meeting with President Bush in November confirmed, "The Japan-U.S.
alliance relation must not be allowed to waver," so large-scale cuts
reportedly will be difficult to force on him.
(8) DPJ President Ozawa meets with Chinese President Hu prior to
Prime Minister Fukuda's planned visit to China, playing up
diplomatic capability
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full)
December 8, 2007
Takeji Matsuura and So Watanabe, Beijing
For Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto) President Ichiro
Ozawa, who wants to heighten the possibility of the DPJ taking the
helm of government, his meeting on Nov. 7 with Chinese President Hu
Jintao was a good opportunity to play up the political presence of
the largest opposition party. He seems to have calculated the
effects by having the jump on Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's trip to
China scheduled for later this year.
At a press conference after his meeting with Hu, Ozawa stated: "The
DPJ also has carried out diplomacy and we have built good relations
(with China). I hope our efforts will create a certain level of
public confidence in our party."
The DPJ has placed emphasis on its relations with China, while
criticizing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for always
following the U.S. policy lead. Since its foundation in 1998,
successive DPJ presidents, excluding Seiji Maehara, who openly
expressed his China-as-a-threat argument, visited Beijing and met
with Chinese presidents. Ozawa is motivated to use his China visit
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to boost the mood of political change.
The Chinese president told Ozawa: "We want to change the form of
dialogue in line with Japan's situation and circumstances and
increase exchanges further." Hu revealed a policy of stepping up the
framework of the Japan-China exchange consultative organization,
which is an organ to promote exchanges between the DPJ and the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP). China is considering the possibility
of a political change in Japan. The CCP in 2004 set up a similar
organ also with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-New
Komeito coalition. Beijing is now making preparations for the future
Japanese political situation, while keeping a balance with both the
ruling and opposition parties.
Mutual consideration was seen in a meeting of the DPJ and CCP held
before the Hu-Ozawa meeting. In the meeting, the CCP skipped the
issues of history and Taiwan, although it included them in a draft
speech exchanged with the DPJ. As if to echo this, the DPJ side did
not refer to these issues.
In his speech on Nov. 25 in the city of Otsu, Ozawa noted: "Next
year, Taiwan will hold a referendum on its bid to join the United
Nations (under the name of Taiwan). If the referendum is adopted in
Taiwan, political tensions will grow between the Chinese government
and Taiwan." He also repeated this on TV programs.
All the more because the issue is most sensitive for China, Ozawa
appears to have expressed consideration for Beijing.
(9) President Hu in meeting with Ozawa praises improvement in
bilateral relations
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
December 8, 2007
Tetsuya Eniri, Beijing
Ichiro Ozawa, president of the leading opposition Democratic Party
of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto), and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed
yesterday in their meeting to strengthen cooperation between their
countries in such areas as North Korea's nuclear program, security,
the environment, and the economy.
In the meeting, Hu praised improvement in bilateral relations since
the inauguration of the former Abe government and stated:
"Japan-China relations have improved and developed in recent years.
I think a great deal of exchanges between the governments and
parties of the two countries. Strengthening reciprocal relations
will be helpful for bilateral cooperation in dealing with such
global issues as the environment and energy. Dialogue on security
and defense has been pushed forward and the two countries have
carried out strong cooperation on the Korean Peninsula and nuclear
issues."
The president also emphasized:
"Japan and China are responsible for protecting peace and promoting
prosperity and development in Asia and the world. If we cooperate,
we will benefit, but if we go against each other, we will lose."
Ozawa then told Hu:
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"Asian countries have different political systems and are at
different stages of economic development. Therefore, we won't be
able to get prosperity and peace without mutual cooperation. To that
effort, Japan-China relations are significant. So we have to build a
relationship of trust between our countries."
Referring to his China visit this time around in a press conference
after his meeting with Hu, Ozawa stated:
"For Japan, since (relations) with the United States and China are
two major pillars, I hope the public will strengthen their trust in
the DPJ by seeing that the DPJ has carried out (diplomacy) improving
relations with (the two countries). We must hold the reins of
government so that we will be able to create equal partnerships with
the U.S. and China."
Ozawa and Hu met for the first time since their meeting in July last
year. The meeting lasted for about 30 minutes. Attending the meeting
were DPJ Deputy President Naoto Kan, Diet Affairs Committee Chairman
Kenji Yamaoka, and former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, who was
visiting Beijing at the request of the Chinese side.
(10) COP13 chairman's proposal places severe numerical target on
industrialized countries, but EU welcomes it
NIKKEI (Page 3) (Excerpts)
December 9, 2007
Atsunori Takeshita, Paris
The chairman's draft proposal released on Dec. 8 at the 13th session
of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change requires industrialized
countries to set new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
in a new framework beyond the 2012 timeframe set under the Kyoto
Protocol. The European Union (EU) has welcomed it, but the draft
will inevitably meet objections from Japan and the United States.
Difficult negotiations are expected in the ongoing international
conference to fight global warming.
Following the announcement of the chairman's draft proposal, a
representative from the Japanese government expressed opposition to
it in a press conference in Paris, remarking: "Since the proposal
includes a numerical target for emissions reductions, we cannot
accept it."
Meanwhile, the EU welcomed the draft proposal on Dec. 8. The draft
also obligates industrialized countries to set their respective
emissions cut targets. In negotiations to start on Dec. 10, Japan
and the U.S. are expected to strongly call for removing the
provision for numerical targets, so it remains to be seen whether
the provision will be included in the chairman's proposal.
(11) COP13 chairman's draft reflects developing countries' views,
expecting their cooperation for post-Kyoto framework
NIKKEI (Page 3) (Full)
December 9, 2007
Atsunori Takeshita, Paris
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The chairman's draft proposal at COP13 urges industrialized
countries to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Behind
this call is an aim to clarify the responsibility of advanced
countries that emitted large quantities of greenhouse gases in the
past for causing the ongoing global warming. The consensus is that
if advanced countries beef up efforts to reduce emissions on their
own initiative, developing countries like China and India, from
which more gases are likely to be discharged with their economic
growth, will offer cooperation in a post-Kyoto framework.
A senior officer of the French Environment Ministry stated about the
chairman's draft proposal on Dec. 8: "Japan and the United States,
both of which have opposed setting any numerical targets, will
inevitably be placed in a difficult situation." Japan is obligated
to cut emissions by 6 PERCENT from 1990 levels between 2008 and
2012 under the Kyoto Protocol. It will be difficult for Japan to
meet even the 6 PERCENT target. Under such a situation, if a
post-Kyoto pact requires Japan to cut 1990 levels of emissions by 25
PERCENT to 40 PERCENT by the year 2020, more emissions-cut
measures will become necessary. Japanese industries will also be
urged to hammer out additional measures.
The chairman's draft proposal greatly reflects developing countries'
views. But it also specifies a proposal by Japan and the U.S. for
setting industry-specific reduction targets to contain global
warming.
It will be difficult to reach an agreement at COP13 on a proposal
for setting country-specific targets, and a conclusion is likely to
be reached at the next round of the conference next year or later.
The chairman's proposal is aimed to draw out lively discussion by
specifying multiple proposals.
SCHIEFFER