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[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents]
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Monday, June 26, 1995
Volume 31--Number 25
Pages 1067-1111
Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
Presidential
Documents
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Addresses and Remarks
See also Appointments and Nominations
Arkansas, Little Rock teleconference with Democratic Governors--1106
Canada, unveiling of a G-7 commemorative plaque in Halifax--1079
Congressional picnic--1089
New Jersey
Ford Motor Co. employees in Edison--1099
Fundraising dinner in Somerset--1102
Senate action on the nomination of the Surgeon General in
Edison--1098
Presidential Scholars, awards presentation ceremony--1089
Radio address--1079
Surgeon General-Designate Henry Foster--1094, 1098
U.S. Conference of Mayors, teleconference--1082
Women in the Military Service Memorial, groundbreaking ceremony--
1096
Appointments and Nominations
Peace Corps, Director--1090
Communications to Congress
Bipartisan commission on political reform, letter--1078
Drunk driving legislation, letter--1094
Latvia-U.S. fishery agreement, message transmitting--1089
Communications to Federal Agencies
Supporting the role of fathers in families, memorandum--1077
Executive Orders
Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy--
1095
Interviews With the News Media
Exchange with reporters in Halifax, Canada--1081
News conferences
June 15 (No. 98) with Prime Minister Murayama of Japan in
Halifax--1067
June 16 (No. 99) in Halifax--1071
Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Japan, Prime Minister Murayama--1067
Russia, President Yeltsin--1081
Statements by the President
Guestworker legislation--1109
House action to lift the moratorium on oil and gas drilling on the
Outer Continental Shelf--1089
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--1111
Checklist of White House press releases--1110
Digest of other White House announcements--1109
Nominations submitted to the Senate--1110
Editor's Note: The President was in Little Rock, AR, on June 23, the
closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in
this issue will be printed next week.
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Monday, June 26, 1995
Volume 31--Number 25
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Week Ending Friday, June 23, 1995
The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of
Japan in Halifax, Canada
June 15, 1995
The President. Good afternoon. Before turning to my meeting with
Prime Minister Murayama let me begin by thanking Prime Minister Chretien
and the people of Halifax for welcoming Hillary and me and our
delegation to Canada. Even on our short boat ride across the harbor we
could see why this city and, indeed, all of Nova Scotia are favorite
sights for so many American tourists. I hope the important business we
do here won't prevent us from enjoying a little of this very beautiful
place.
Our business began today with the meeting with Prime Minister
Murayama, the third in the constructive dialog we began last November.
Our discussion focused on the strength of the U.S.-Japan relationship,
and we are determined to make it stronger still. Never have the ties
between our nations been more important, and never have they been
closer.
Our two great democracies are also the world's largest economies.
Together we make up more than 30 percent of the world's gross domestic
product. And trade between our people is growing rapidly.
Our security ties have never been closer. Friends and foes alike
know the Japanese-American relationship is the most important force for
peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Every day our people
work together on the vital challenges of our times, protecting the
environment, responding to natural disasters, combating the deadly trade
in illegal drugs, and fighting the terrorists who have threatened both
our nations from abroad and from within.
No issue is more important to our nations than stopping the spread
of nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Murayama and I, along with our South
Korean allies, have worked tirelessly on our strategy to stop the
development of North Korea's nuclear program. We pledged to push forward
with this week's important agreement to implement that strategy. Japan
has agreed to make a significant contribution to the light-water
reactors that will supply energy to the North Koreans without producing
weapons-grade materials. And I thank the Prime Minister for Japan's
ongoing commitment to the fight against weapons of mass destruction.
The Prime Minister briefed me on plans for the upcoming meeting of
the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. APEC, as all of you know,
has become an essential part of America's strategy for regional
prosperity. Japan and the United States will work together so that
November's meeting in Osaka sustains the momentum toward free and open
trade in the Asia-Pacific region, achieved in Seattle and Indonesia last
year.
We also discussed our progress and our disagreements on trade.
Fifteen times, since the beginning of my administration, the United
States and Japan have concluded agreements to open markets and increase
trade across a wide variety of products and services. The latest,
reached just this week, offers tax and financial incentives to Americans
who want to establish on-the-ground operations in Japan. The Prime
Minister and I also agreed to extend the 1993 framework on trade
negotiations, and I am optimistic that that will advance both our
interests in free and open trade. Once again, this proves that our
countries can and do work together to solve our disputes and enable
American companies to better compete in the Japanese market.
But we also, as all of you know, have real differences. The Prime
Minister and I discussed the problem of access for U.S. airline cargo
carriers to the Japanese market, for example. I again expressed to the
Prime Minister my concern that Japan honor rights that
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our carriers now have guaranteed under existing civil aviation
agreements.
On the difficult issue of autos and auto parts, we had a frank and
open exchange of our views. We agreed that our negotiators should
redouble their efforts to seek a solution to those differences when they
meet in Geneva next week. But I made it clear that I am determined to
carry through on my effort to open Japan's auto markets. Billions of
dollars in American exports and thousands of American jobs are at stake.
They depend upon our success.
Opening these markets, as I have said repeatedly, will benefit not
only the United States but Japanese consumers as well. I have instructed
our negotiators to pursue every possible avenue of resolution before the
June 28 deadline, and I remain hopeful that an acceptable, meaningful
agreement can be reached. But if a solution cannot be found by the
deadline, I will impose sanctions, and the United States will also
pursue a case before the World Trade Organization.
At times like these, it is tempting to focus only on the differences
that bring our two nations to the negotiating table. But I ask you again
not to lose sight of the broader truths of our relationship. Only
decades after the end of the terrible war that pitted our people against
each other, the United States and Japan are allies and share a profound
commitment to democracy, security, and prosperity. Our common agenda
embraces everything from the fight to preserve our global environment to
the global fight against AIDS, promoting the cause of women in
developing countries, now to working together on natural disasters like
earthquakes, and dealing with our common concerns after Oklahoma City
and the terrible incident in the Japanese subway with terrorism and the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
In any relationship as broad and deep as ours, there will always be
differences. But the United States and Japan agree, no one issue, no one
difference, will allow us to undermine our alliance or stop us from
pursuing our shared goal and our common interests. Our two great
democracies will never rest in our pursuit of a better, a safer, and a
more prosperous future for all of our people.
Mr. Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Murayama. In my meeting with President Clinton for a
couple of hours, until a while ago, I engaged in a candid exchange of
views on the present and future of Japan-U.S. relations and the stance
that we'll take as we go to the G-7 summit meeting. And I think the
meeting was very meaningful.
The Japan-U.S. relations have grown over the past 50 years, since
the end of the Second World War, and are connected by a strong bond of
cooperation and collaboration.
President Clinton and I confirmed that security dialog is
progressing smoothly. Thanks to the President's cooperation, the issue
of U.S. military bases in Okinawa has seen important progress. And the
response to North Korea's nuclear development issue, which seemed to
test our bilateral collaboration, has produced important results, thanks
to the solidarity of our two countries and the Republic of Korea, and it
is a matter that we expressed appreciation for.
Common agenda--that is to say our cooperation from global
perspectives--is a symbol of creative partnership between our two
countries. We today received a joint report containing new areas of
cooperation. And the President and I are of the view that such
cooperation should be promoted further.
As was mentioned earlier by the President, we also discussed the
auto issue as well as the civil aviation issue. While the two countries
remain apart on these issues, the President and I see eye to eye that we
both will do our utmost to settle the issue as early as possible through
the consultations slated for next week in Geneva. By the way, since the
President has alluded to this matter, I should like to say that I asked
for expeditious removal of the unilateral measures since they violate
the rules and spirit of the World Trade Organization.
Now, in connection with that, including the civil aviation issue, we
both agree that Japan-U.S. relations are a bilateral relationship of
vital importance, so much so that the auto issue and aviation issue
should not be allowed to adversely affect the overall Japan-U.S.
relations.
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We'll welcome President and Mrs. Clinton as state guests in
November. Today's meeting with the President took place at a midpoint
between my visit to Washington, DC, earlier, in January, and his visit
to Japan in November. I am determined to further strengthen our
bilateral partnership in the run up to the President's visit and beyond,
into the future.
Lastly, I proposed to the President to hold a bilateral symposium of
seismologists on earthquakes, in order to enable the peoples of our two
countries who have experienced the great Hanshin earthquake and the
Northridge earthquake, respectively, make the most of their experiences
and the lessons. And the President has agreed to the proposal.
Thank you.
Japan-U.S. Trade
Q. Did you hear anything new today from Mr. Murayama to indicate a
willingness to open Japan's auto markets, or was he inflexible? And
also, was there anything that you heard from him that might lead you to
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