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Japan and Chile eye cooperation over implementation of Trans-Pacific Partnership
Japan and Chile agreed Tuesday to cooperate over the early implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. At the outset of a meeting with his Chilean counterpart Roberto Ampuero, Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed hope that the two countries will lead efforts to promote ...
Japan is gearing up to accept more foreign workers as its population is on the brink of a steep decline, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Thursday. Kono told a World Economic Forum meeting in Hanoi that Japan gains "value added" by accepting foreign people, especially ...
Trump says U.S. and Japan have started trade talks; India requests meeting on deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday the United States and Japan have started discussions over trade, saying that Tokyo "knows it's a big problem" if an agreement cannot be reached, and that India has also asked to start talks on a trade deal. "We're starting ...
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Peruvian counterpart Nestor Popolizio agreed Tuesday to join efforts to seek the early implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact. Japan and Peru "are important partners in promoting free trade," Kono said during talks in Lima, while Popolizio ...
The Japan-U.S. trade dialogue should be a venue for constructive efforts to expand trade and investments between the two countries in ways that are compatible with international free trade rules.
Japan sticks to TPP, U.S. seeks bilateral deal in first round of trade talks
Japan and the United States were at odds Thursday over trade policy, with Tokyo calling for a U.S. return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Washington pushing for a bilateral trade deal. Speaking to reporters after meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer for the first ...
British trade chief expresses strong interest in joining TPP
Visiting British International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, said that Britain was interested in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement after leaving the European Union. "We want to orientate Britain to a position where we can take advantage of those growing markets," Fox said in ...
Japan will support Britain in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership accord as both countries seek to promote free and rules-based trade, economy revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday. During talks in Tokyo, British International Trade Secretary Liam Fox expressed Britain's desire to join the TPP, and ...
Japan has no interest in trade deal with just U.S., top government spokesman says
One of Japan's top policymakers has indicated that the government will continue to resist U.S. efforts to create a bilateral free trade agreement between the two nations. "Japan is not going to do anything with any country that harms the national interest," said Chief Cabinet ...
TPP countries to start accession talks for new members in 2019
Chief negotiators from the 11 signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed on Thursday to start accession talks with potential newcomers in 2019, when the free trade pact takes effect. During a two-day meeting from Wednesday in the hot-spring resort of Hakone near Tokyo, the negotiators ...
TPP negotiators gather in Japan to confirm domestic progress toward full ratification
Chief negotiators from the 11 signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership gathered Wednesday in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, to check on their progress with domestic procedures to ratify the pact, amid fears of a trade war. During talks through Thursday, negotiators will also discuss how to welcome ...
Japan completed its domestic procedures to ratify the 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade accord on Friday, becoming the second member to do so after Mexico. The completion will boost the likelihood of the pact taking effect as early as this year. At least six countries ...
