The U.S., Mexico and Canada ended the first round of talks on a new North American Free Trade Agreement saying they're committed to wrapping up the negotiations quickly with a far-reaching deal. "While a great deal of effort and negotiation will be required in the ...
Japan announces it will impose emergency 50 percent tariffs on frozen beef from the United States and elsewhere in August amid soaring shipments.
Japan is likely to impose an emergency tariff on frozen beef from the United States — starting next month — in response to a spike in imports, a government source said. The measure, designed to protect domestic farmers from sudden increases in imports, would remain ...
The United States formally declared Thursday it wants to renegotiate its free trade agreement with South Korea, as the world's biggest economy seeks to redraw the global commerce system in its favor under President Donald Trump. Trump railed against trade agreements on the campaign trail, ...
Japan and the European Union exchanged a memorandum of understanding Tuesday on their cooperation to remove terms that restrict the resale of liquefied natural gas from LNG import contracts. The cooperation deal, also aimed at making the LNG market transparent, was signed in Brussels by ...
Chief negotiators from the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries met Wednesday in the hot-spring resort town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, to discuss how to breathe fresh life into the massive free trade deal after the U.S. withdrew. Kazuyoshi Umemoto, the chair of the meeting, said at ...
Abe and EU leaders announce free trade deal set to form a market that will account for nearly one-third of the global economy.
Japan is expected to boost subsidies and other assistance to dairy farmers after reaching a broad accord on its economic partnership agreement with the European Union, informed sources say. The two sides struck the deal at bilateral ministerial talks in Brussels on Wednesday by resolving ...
Lighthizer may be calling for reduction in the tariff on beef imports from the U.S., reflecting concern that the United States lags behind other major farming nations in exports to Japan.
Japan is considering setting a tariff-free import quota for beef from European Union member states, as requested by the EU in the two sides' negotiations on an economic partnership agreement for free trade, informed sources told Jiji Press on Wednesday. The Japanese government believes that ...
Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto plans to visit Europe next week for talks with the European Union's agriculture commissioner, Phil Hogan, to discuss the Japan-EU free trade deal, a source said Wednesday. The two sides are aiming to reach a broad agreement on the deal early ...
Japan and the European Union are in the final phase of wrapping up a wide-ranging agreement on free trade, seeking to strike deals on issues such as access to the agriculture and automobile markets.
