Kerry hails Japan Pacific trade pact moves

US Secretary of State John Kerry has welcomed moves to admit Japan into a Pacific trade agreement, and says China's three-nation trade pact could act as a complement to the treaty.

After talks in Tokyo with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday, Kerry said admitting Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would be a key step in the deal that would account for nearly 40 per cent of the global economy.

"Clearly having Japan in the TPP would be an enormous economic benefit for all of us," Kerry told a news conference with Kishida.

Japan's entry would "be a critical mass for economic standards, and we believe it would help raise standards across the globe".

The United States gave Japan the green light on Friday to enter talks on the 11-nation Pacific trade agreement, despite opposition from some US manufacturers and labour groups and Japan's powerful farmers.

Under the TPP guidelines, all 11 nations engaged in the negotiations need to approve before Japan participates. Japan must still win over Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Peru.

Kerry said the US stress on economics was a large part of Washington's "rebalance" towards Asia, and hailed an agreement reached with Beijing on Saturday to strengthen their economic dialogue.

China's own free-trade agreement with Japan and South Korea could be "complementary" to the TPP and "ultimately if China wants to agree to standards and come up to that level, terrific", Kerry later told reporters travelling with him on a 10-day overseas trip.

"We're looking for partners, but we're looking for partners that want to raise the standards and meet those standards at the highest level."

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