Eight Cabinet ministers on Friday confirmed a policy of invoking a temporary emergency import curb on three agricultural products, mostly from China, government officials said.
The ministers who confirmed the action against surging imports of stone leeks, shiitake and rushes used in tatami mats include Yoshio Yatsu, minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, and Takeo Hiranuma, minister of economy, trade and industry.
The three ministers reached a basic agreement last Friday to impose a temporary emergency import curb on the three agricultural products under the rules of the World Trade Organization.