Comments on the Result of the U.S. Presidential Election
Hiroshi Shimozuma
Chairman
Kansai Economic Federation
- The victory of Mr. Barack Obama in the 2008
U.S. presidential election apparently resulted from the desire for
"CHANGE" among the U.S. citizens in the present policies regarding
security, economic and social, and other areas.
- We
hope that, upon his inauguration, President-Elect Obama will exercise
strong leadership for international policy cooperation and coordination
encompassing developed and emerging countries, and take both proper and
swift action in response to the global financial crisis and economic
recession. To this end, we trust he will complete the design for his
administration and build a solid foundation for it as early as possible.
- As
for policy on Japan, we expect him to put emphasis on the alliance
between our countries, as his predecessors did, and thereby maintain
and enhance our favorable partnership spanning the Pacific in the
economic and other spheres.
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