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Japan, Qatar reaffirm ties on energy supply, education
3-May-2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani reaffirmed Tuesday at a meeting in Doha that they will cooperate in securing stable energy supplies for Japan, Japanese officials said.
ASEAN aims to ink free trade pact with Japan in November
3-May-2007 The Star
Southeast Asian countries aim to sign a free trade pact with Japan in November, and will try to remove obstacles in the negotiations at a ministerial meeting in Brunei this week, an official said Thursday.
ASEAN to discuss free trade framework with Japan, EU
3-May-2007 Manila Bulletin
ASEAN economic ministers will tackle issues and modalities on proposed free trade negotiations with Japan and the European Union, but not with the US, starting today.
FTA to top Asean talks at retreat with Japan and EU
2-May-2007
After signing a free trade agreement with South Korea, negotiations are underway at the 13th Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat, for Japan to be next on the list to sign the deal with the South East Asian Nations grouping.
Japan-UAE joint economic committee set up
29-Apr-2007
President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed their firm determination to develop bilateral relations between the UAE and Japan at all levels.
Abe-Bush statement sets ball rolling on FTA
29-Apr-2007
The agreement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President George W. Bush to share information about their countries’ free trade agreement talks with third parties apparently marked a first step toward an eventual FTA between Tokyo and Washington.
Opinion: Japan’s aid policy in dire need of revamp
28-Apr-2007
The second largest economy in the world is in the midst of change and one crucial area it needs to look is its official development assistance programme.
Japan, Middle Eastern states seek to end FTA talks by early 2008
25-Apr-2007 Kyodo
Japan and a group of six Middle Eastern oil producers, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, will aim at concluding their negotiations on a free trade agreement by early 2008, Japanese officials said Tuesday.
NZ wants FTA talks with Japan
25-Apr-2007 Japan Today
New Zealand farm minister Jim Anderton expressed hope Tuesday that Japan will start talks to conclude a free trade agreement with the country after completing its recently commenced FTA negotiations with Australia.
JPEPA: The Philippine fall into the IPR bilateral trap
25-Apr-2007 SEARICE
The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement poses serious questionable intellectual property provisions which ultimately undermine the rights of Filipino farmers, communities and the public in general.
Japan, Australia to speed up trade talks
24-Apr-2007
Japan and Australia have agreed to a fast-paced timetable of negotiations on a free trade pact after two days of initial talks.
Abe-Bush summit likely to touch on bilateral FTA
21-Apr-2007 Japan Times
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President George W. Bush are likely to discuss making a bilateral free-trade agreement the subject of future negotiations when they meet next week, government sources said Friday.
JPEPA: A raw deal for the Philippines
19-Apr-2007
How the trade deal with Japan would bring more pain than gain for the Philippines
Japan releases “2007 report on compliance by major trading partners with trade agreements — WTO, FTA/EPA, and BIT”
17-Apr-2007 METI
Japan’s Ministry of Trade has issued a new report on how countries which have signed Japan FTAs and BITs are living up to their commitments, plus a revised set of trade policy priorities.
Japan, ASEAN get ready to finalize free-trade deal
17-Apr-2007 Japan Times
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are likely to wrap up negotiations in early May for the liberalization of trade in goods, paving the way for Tokyo’s first free-trade deal with a regional bloc, government sources said Wednesday.
EU has no plans to start up FTA talks with Japan
17-Apr-2007 Japan Times
The European Union isn’t planning to start talks with Japan on a bilateral free-trade agreement, the director general for trade at the European Commission said Monday at a news conference in Tokyo. Japanese business leaders are concerned that if an EU-South Korea FTA takes effect, some Japanese industries would lose European market share to their South Korean rivals.
Japan needs new FTA strategy
17-Apr-2007 Yomiuri Shimbun
South Korea-US trade pact could leave Japan lagging in world market, according to the Yomirui Shimbun.
Indo-Japan cooperation pact likely to be concluded in a year: Nath
14-Apr-2007
The proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and Japan is likely to be concluded within the next one year, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said today. The second round of negotiations for the economic agreement is presently being conducted in Tokyo at the moment.
Indonesia could suffer as result of free trade agreements, say NGOs
13-Apr-2007 Jakarta Post
Indonesia could suffer losses as great as, or even worse, than those that other developing countries have suffered as a result of entering into free trade agreements, such as the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan, says an international NGO.
US slow to talk free trade if Japan keeps rice off table
13-Apr-2007 Financial Express
The United States said yesterday it was reluctant to negotiate a free trade deal with Japan unless the Asian nation opened up its agriculture sector. Although Washington agreed to exclude rice from its free trade agreement with South Korea, it would not offer a similar concession to Japan, Assistant US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler told reporters.