British trade secretary hopes to visit Japan by end of October for FTA and TPP talks
British trade secretary Liz Truss said Tuesday she hopes to visit Japan by the end of October for talks on a potential bilateral trade agreement and the possibility of entering the revised TPP. During a teleconference, Truss told her Japanese counterpart Hiroshige Seko of her ...
Taiwan to cut tariffs on sake and Japan farm and fishery products as it looks to join TPP
Taiwan is set to lower its tariffs on sake from Japan to 20 percent, from the current 40 percent, as early as August. Taiwan will also cut its tariffs on such Japanese farm and fishery products as frozen shishamo smelt, scallop and yams, and processed ...
Can the G20 summit pave a path for the future of multilateral trade?
Since it first convened two decades ago, the Group of 20 summit has been regarded as a forum for developed and developing countries to take collective action against economic uncertainties. Now, as Japan prepares to host the summit for the first time, multilateralism and global ...
In trade talks, Japan considers proposal to cut U.S. farm tariffs immediately to TPP levels
The measure would level the playing field for American farmers, who have become less competitive in the Japanese market than their Australian and Canadian counterparts.
Japan and U.S. officials hold talks to advance trade negotiations
Officials from Japan and the United States started a two-day meeting Monday in Washington to advance negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement. The working-level meeting comes ahead of talks Thursday in the U.S. capital between Japanese economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative ...
Japan out-positions the U.S. in trade talks
Protracted trade negotiations between Japan and the U.S. could prove costly for the U.S. agricultural industry and that could cost U.S. President Donald Trump crucial votes in the 2020 election.
In the clear for now, Japan braces for more trade pressure from Trump after July
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have won some respite from U.S. pressure on trade for now, but analysts expect President Donald Trump to push Japan in a few months into making concessions on agriculture and automobiles as he looks for a major win to ...
U.S.-Japan trade realities: Unconventional multilateralism
Trump wants Japan to grant the United States the same tariff reductions that TPP members now enjoy.
Abe and Canada's Justin Trudeau extol TPP trade pact without U.S.
Canadian and Japanese leaders on Sunday jointly trumpeted a rebooted Pacific trade pact that came into effect at the start of the year, without the United States. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (or CPTPP) removed trade barriers among 11 nations representing nearly 500 million consumers in the ...
Japan can learn a thing or two from Canada about dealing with Trump on trade
As Tokyo anxiously prepared for trade talks with the United States that started this week, one of the chief concerns of the Abe government and Japan's private sector was what to expect when negotiating with the Trump administration, and to glean insights from how ...
Japan and U.S. kick off first day of trade talks with focus on cutting tariffs on goods
Speaking to reporters after the first day of meetings, Toshimitsu Motegi signaled his opposition to the potential inclusion of a currency provision in any deal.
Negotiators from Japan and the United States will meet in Washington to discuss opening the Japanese market to more American goods.
