Serving up TPP: A whimsical look at how the Trans-Pacific Partnership might impact the price of pizza in Japan

Any which way you slice it the price of pizza in Tokyo is high by international standards. One reason for this is that Japan protects its farmers by controlling the market for many of pizza's basic ingredients like cheese and dough.

The good news is that the price of a slice might come down a notch, should the 12-member nations involved in the Trans-Paci…