Japan and the European Union are scheduled to hold a first round of trade negotiations in Brussels on April 15-19, following an agreement between the two sides in late March, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Japón y la Unión Europea (UE) llevarán a cabo la primera ronda de negociaciones sobre un tratado de libre comercio (TLC) bilateral del 15 al 19 de abril en Bruselas, informó hoy el Ministerio nipón de Asuntos Exteriores.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and two European Union leaders agreed in a teleconference Monday to start official negotiations in April on a free trade and service pact in April, Japanese officials said.
La Unión Europea (UE) y Japón anunciaron hoy formalmente la apertura de negociaciones para la firma de un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) bilateral, pacto que se comprometieron a tratar de cerrar cuanto antes.
Le Premier ministre japonais Shinzo Abe et les présidents du Conseil européen et de la Commission européenne Herman van Rompuy et José Manuel Barroso devaient s’entretenir lundi par téléphone pour lancer officiellement des négociations en vue de conclure un accord de libre-échange, ont annoncé séparément Tokyo et Bruxelles.
Japan and the European Union will hold a summit next week at which they are expected to formally launch negotiations on a huge free trade deal, officials said on Friday.
Amid talk of a super, transatlantic free trade zone, the eurozone now has a new potential partner: Japan. But, in light of Tokyo’s slow progress on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), can the Abe government match competitor South Korea in inking a trade pact with Brussels?
News that Japan and the European Union have agreed to start negotiations for an economic partnership agreement was a breath of fresh air for Japanese export-related companies, as it is highly likely an EPA deal will give a boost to their businesses.
Los ministros de Comercio de la Unión Europea (UE) acordaron el inicio de las negociaciones para un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Japón, dijeron funcionarios, venciendo la resistencia de las automotrices del bloque que temen que un acuerdo afecte su industria.