The shape of a Japan-U.K. free trade agreement
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The shape of a Japan-U.K. free trade agreement
While Tokyo never wanted to see Brexit happen, it now has to make the most of it.
V4+Japan: A new mode of cooperation or a doomed project?
Much has been written about the reinvigoration of the Japan-EU relationship after signing the strategic and economic partnership in the last few years. But Japanese rapprochement to the EU does not end in Brussels. In recent years, another European platform has been activated by ...
EU Parliament's Silva Pereira lauds gains from Japan EPA on pact's first anniversary
European Parliament Vice President Pedro Silva Pereira says he expects further positive effects from the European Union's economic partnership agreement with Japan, which marked its first anniversary at the beginning of the month. "The first impression that we have is quite positive," Silva Pereira said ...
The rapidly maturing market for Japan's artisanal cheeses
Few people associate Japan with artisanal cheese. But since the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement came into effect last year, Japanese cheese is gaining a global reputation for quality and innovative use of terroir.
The Japan-EU partnership continues to assume greater signficance.
Japan's Upper House approves free trade pact with EU by majority vote
The Diet on Saturday approved an economic partnership agreement with the European Union that's set to create a free trade bloc accounting for 30 percent of world output. The Upper House passed the pact by a majority vote at a plenary session, with support mainly ...
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to ratify a massive free trade agreement with the European Union. The Abe administration hopes to gain Diet approval during the current extraordinary session through Dec. 10 to complete domestic procedures by the end of the year. If the ...
Japan and the European Union agreed Monday to complete respective domestic procedures before the end of the year to ratify a free trade agreement by March as planned. At the inaugural meeting of a high-level dialogue on trade, investment and energy, both parties also agreed ...
The Japan-EU accord should send a clear message to the Trump administration about the benefits of the free trade regime and the folly of a tit-for-tat trade war in which no party can emerge a winner.
Japan stands beside Europe on free trade
The Japan-EU trade pact could be an important turnaround both for the way Europeans see trade with Asia and for liberal democracy at large.
The European Union and Japan are rushing to ensure their planned free trade agreement can take force early in 2019, ideally before the British exit from the EU, the lead negotiators of both sides said on Wednesday. Japan's ambassador for international economic affairs, Yoichi Suzuki, ...
