Emva kokuphelisa ingxabano malunga nerhafu yentsimbi kunye ne-aluminium neManyano yaseYurophu, ngoMvulo (nge-15 kaNovemba) amagosa ase-US naseJapan avumile ukuqala iingxoxo zokusombulula ingxabano yorhwebo yase-US malunga nerhafu eyongezelelweyo kwisinyithi kunye ne-aluminium engeniswe eJapan.

Amagosa aseJapan athi esi sigqibo sifikelelwe emva kwentlanganiso phakathi koNobhala wezoRhwebo waseMelika uGina Raimondo kunye noMphathiswa wezoQoqosho, uRhwebo kunye noShishino waseJapan uKoichi Hagiuda, ebonisa ubudlelwane phakathi koqoqosho olukhulu kwihlabathi kunye nolwesithathu ngobukhulu. Ukubaluleka kwentsebenziswano.

“Ubudlelwane phakathi kwe-US neJapan bubalulekile kwixabiso elifanayo kwezoqoqosho,” utshilo uRaimundo. Ucele amacala omabini ukuba asebenzisane kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kwi-semiconductors kunye nee-supply chain, kuba ukunqongophala kwee-chip kunye neengxaki zemveliso zithintele ukubuyiselwa koqoqosho lwamazwe aphuhlileyo.

ISebe lezoQoqosho, uRhwebo kunye noShishino laseJapan lithe ngoMvulo iJapan kunye ne-United States bavumile ukuqala iingxoxo kwintlanganiso yamazwe amabini eTokyo ukusombulula umba we-United States wokubeka irhafu eyongezelelweyo kwisinyithi kunye ne-aluminium ezivela eJapan. Nangona kunjalo, igosa elivela kwiSebe lezoQoqosho, uRhwebo kunye noShishino laseJapan lithe la macala mabini awazange axoxe ngamanyathelo athile okanye abeke umhla wothethathethwano.

I-United States ithe ngoLwesihlanu iza kubamba iingxoxo neJapan malunga nomba weerhafu zokungenisa impahla kwisinyithi nakwi-aluminium, kwaye isenokunciphisa ezi rhafu ngenxa yoko. Le yingongoma yexesha elide yobudlelwane bezorhwebo phakathi kwala mazwe mabini.

Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iJapan icele iMelika ukuba irhoxise irhafu eyayibekwe ngurhulumente wangaphambili kaMongameli wase-US uTrump ngo-2018 phantsi kwe-“Section 232”.

“IJapan ifuna kwakhona iMelika ukuba isombulule ngokupheleleyo umba wokonyuswa kwerhafu ngokuhambelana nemithetho yeWorld Trade Organisation (WTO), njengoko iJapan ibisoloko ifuna ukusukela ngo-2018,” utshilo uHiroyuki Hatada, igosa elivela kwiSebe lezoQoqosho, uRhwebo kunye noShishino.

I-United States kunye ne-European Union zivumile ukuphelisa ingxabano eqhubekayo malunga nokubekwa kweerhafu zentsimbi kunye ne-aluminium nguMongameli waseMelika uTrump ngo-2018, ukususa isikhonkwane kubudlelwane obuphakathi kwe-strait, kunye nokuphepha ukunyuka kweerhafu zokuziphindezela ze-EU.

Esi sivumelwano siza kugcina irhafu ye-25% kunye ne-10% ebekwe yi-United States kwintsimbi kunye ne-aluminium phantsi kweCandelo 232, ngelixa sivumela "isixa esilinganiselweyo" sesinyithi esenziwe kwi-EU ukuba singene e-United States ngaphandle kwerhafu.

Xa ebuzwa ukuba iJapan iza kusabela njani ukuba i-United States icebisa amanyathelo afanayo, uHatada uphendule wathi, “Ngokokucinga kwethu, xa sithetha ngokusombulula ingxaki ngendlela ehambelana ne-WTO, sithetha ngokususa irhafu eyongezelelweyo.”

“Iinkcukacha ziza kwaziswa kamva,” wongezelela, “Ukuba irhafu iyasuswa, iya kuba sisisombululo esifanelekileyo eJapan.”

UMphathiswa wezoQoqosho, uRhwebo kunye noShishino waseJapan uthe la mazwe mabini avumile ukuseka iJapan-US Business and Industrial Partnership (JUCIP) ukuze basebenzisane ekuqiniseni ukhuphiswano lwemizi-mveliso kunye neekhonkco zokubonelela.

IOfisi yoMmeli wezoRhwebo eMelika ithe iingxoxo neJapan malunga nomba wentsimbi kunye ne-aluminium ziya kubonelela ngethuba lokukhuthaza imigangatho ephezulu kunye nokusombulula imiba exhalabisayo, kuquka utshintsho lwemozulu.

Olu lutyelelo lokuqala lukaRaimundo eAsia ukusukela oko ethathe i-ofisi. Uza kutyelela eSingapore iintsuku ezimbini ukususela ngoLwesibini, aze aye eMalaysia ngoLwesine, kulandele uMzantsi Korea neIndiya.

UMongameli waseMelika uBiden usandula ukubhengeza ukuba kuza kusekwa inkqubo entsha yezoqoqosho ukuze “kumiselwe iinjongo zethu ezifanayo namaqabane ethu kulo mmandla.”