Japan
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19-Apr-2018 El Salto Diario
Siete advertencias sobre los acuerdos comerciales con Japón y Singapur que Bruselas pretende aprobar
La Comisión Europea ha presentado los acuerdos comerciales del tipo TTIP con Japón y Singapur para su aprobación acelerada, sin pasar por los parlamentos nacionales, con la intención de evitar una repetición de las protestas públicas que casi descarrilaron el tratado comercial con Canadá (CETA) en 2016.
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19-Apr-2018 Nikkei
Trump pushes Abe for ’free, fair and reciprocal’ trade
Japan seeks US return to TPP but president unlikely to bend on bilateral deal.
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19-Apr-2018 BFM
Japon et États-Unis envisagent de nouer des accords commerciaux
Le Premier ministre japonais Shinzo Abe a accepté de lancer des discussions sur des "accords commerciaux" avec les États-Unis malgré les divergences de points de vue qui opposent les deux pays.
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19-Apr-2018 L’Echo
Les accords commerciaux avec le Japon et Singapour prêts pour la signature
La Commission européenne propose aux États membres de signer les accords commerciaux avec le Japon et Singapour. Et envoie un nouveau signal de fermeté vers les États-Unis.
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18-Apr-2018 Reuters
EU pushes to hasten start of Japan trade deal
The European Commission put forward a proposed free-trade agreement with Japan for fast-track approval, hoping to avoid a repeat of the public protests that nearly derailed a trade pact with Canada.
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18-Apr-2018 The Japan Times
Economic ties with China still thorny / Intellectual property, steel remain problematic
The Japan-China high-level economic dialogue on Monday — the first such meeting in about eight years — marked a first step toward resetting a bilateral relationship that has been under strain amid such issues as perceptions of history and deepening economic ties.
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18-Apr-2018 Action Forex
Japan PM Abe meeting Trump on trade, North Korea and TPP
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is meeting Trump in Florida now. Facing domestic political turmoil, Abe is seeking to achieve something out of the summit. The first and foremost is the 232 steel and aluminum tariff of the US.
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17-Apr-2018 CEO
Quiet on the set! The EU is negotiating trade deals...
Following calls for openness and public participation, the European Commission now advertises its trade negotiations as transparent and inclusive. But crucial information about EU trade deals are still kept from citizens. Even member state governments regularly complain about being left in the dark. At the same time, corporations continue to call the shots on EU trade talks.
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17-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Japan and China pledge to accelerate free trade talks
The governments of Japan and China stressed the importance of free trade and pledged to accelerate negotiations of bilateral pacts at their high-level economic dialogue in Tokyo on Monday, the first such meeting in eight years.
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17-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
US tightens pressure on Japan for bilateral trade deal
The US is making a tougher push for Japan to begin talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, exploring demands on foreign exchange policy and exports, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to visit the country this week.
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13-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Japan-EU trade agreement ready for July signing
Japan and the European Union are slated to affix the final signatures on a wide-ranging free trade pact in mid-July in Brussels, according to sources on both sides familiar with the talks.
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12-Apr-2018 The Brazilian Report
Japan angles for space in Brazil with Mercosur deal
Japan may soon manage something that the European Union has not yet done in South America, as negotiations to become an economic partner with the Mercosur trading block push ahead.
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10-Apr-2018 Japan Today
Tokyo willing to host TPP negotiators’ meeting in June or July
Japan is willing to host a chief negotiators’ meeting of the newly signed 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in June or July, a minister in charge of the pact said.
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10-Apr-2018 All Africa
Ghana: Government moves to deepen bilateral trade with Japan
The Finance Ministry of Ghana is leading a business delegation to Japan, expecting to boost bilateral trade and economic relations with Japan and to conclude the Ghana Japan Bilateral Investment Treaty.
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5-Apr-2018 Agri-Pulse
Could India be the Trump administration’s first FTA?
USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney has been to India twice, each time highlighting the opportunities to improve the trading relationship between the two countries.
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5-Apr-2018 Deccan Herald
To counter China’s BRI, India joins US, Japan to boost connectivity in Indo-Pacific
India has joined hands with Japan and United States to build infrastructure for promoting connectivity in Indo-Pacific region, ostensibly to counter the Belt and Road initiative of China.
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4-Apr-2018 The Japan Times
Japan aims revamped TPP at reducing reliance on US: former high-level diplomat
Donald Trump’s erratic posture on trade is forcing Japanese policymakers to rethink their reliance on the economic and political alliance with the United States, according to a former high-level diplomat from the Office of the US Trade Representative.
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2-Apr-2018 Japan Today
Japan may be forced into bilateral trade deal with US: ex-IMF exec
Japan will have little choice but to enter into a bilateral trade deal with the United States similar to one President Donald Trump clinched with South Korea, a former top Japanese currency diplomat said.
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29-Mar-2018 Le Figaro
Tokyo ne veut pas d’accord bilatéral avec Washington
Le Japon ne souhaite pas ouvrir de discussions avec les Etats-Unis en vue d’établir un accord de libre-échange, a déclaré le vice-premier ministre Taro Aso, soulignant qu’un tel accord nuirait à son pays.
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29-Mar-2018 Reuters
Japan’s Aso rules out bilateral trade deal with US
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso ruled out the chance of opening up talks for a bilateral trade deal with the United States, stressing that such a deal would do no good to his country.
