Thailand to decide on TPP participation around April, says Japan minister
Thailand will likely decide whether to join a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership around April, economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Monday. Nishimura, the government's point man on the TPP, told reporters after meeting with Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak in Tokyo that he hopes the current ...
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 ...
In their first meeting since Brexit, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his British counterpart, Dominic Raab, also said they were planning security talks.
Japanese firms take Brexit in stride but worry over British prospects for trade talks with EU
Japanese companies in Britain are taking the British exit from the European Union in stride, but some are wary that if Britain-EU trade talks falter, prospects for business in Europe will become uncertain. Many firms had already completed preparations for Britain's exit from the bloc, ...
Ready to fight: U.K.'s Johnson set to demand comprehensive trade deal from EU or walk away
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to say he is prepared to quit talks with the European Union over his country's future trade relationship with the bloc if he doesn't get his way. In his first speech since Britain formally quit the EU, Johnson ...
Auto and beef exports from Japan to EU higher after first year of EPA
Automobile and wagyu beef exports to the European Union are increasing thanks to tariff cuts under an economic partnership agreement between Japan and the EU, which took effect on Feb. 1 last year. The EPA, which created a free trade bloc accounting for 40 percent ...
Ireland's Leo Varadkar says EU has upper hand in U.K. trade talks
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar believes the European Union has the upper hand in upcoming trade negotiations with Britain after Brexit, he said in an interview broadcast on Monday. Varadkar argued the size of the EU, which will comprise 27 countries once Britain has left ...
China, Japan and South Korea trade chiefs vow to accelerate FTA talks
The trade ministers of China, Japan and South Korea pledged Sunday to step up their negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement and a wider Asia-Pacific deal. Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kajiyama and South Korean Industry Minister ...
Boris Johnson plans law to force EU into trade deal with U.K. by end of 2020
Britain set a hard deadline of December 2020 on Tuesday to reach a new trade deal with the European Union, betting that the prospect of another Brexit cliff-edge would force Brussels to move more quickly than usual to seal an accord. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...
The Lower House signed off Tuesday on a trade deal with the United States that cuts tariffs on farm and industrial products, taking a step toward its entry into force next year. The approval means the agreement, reached by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. ...
Japanese Lower House approval of U.S. trade deal to be delayed
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito has given up on plans to pass a recently signed trade deal with the United States through the House of Representatives by the end of this week, according to a senior LDP official. The ruling ...
Indian firms and farmers applaud Modi's move to reject RCEP trade deal
Indian farmers and businesses on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to opt out of a sprawling Asian trade pact, with the country's largest dairy producer Amul thanking the leader for "supporting livelihoods." New Delhi's 11th-hour rejection of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ...
