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Japan’s lower house passes TPP trade deal
18-May-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Japan’s lower house on Friday passed a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, paving the way for its enactment before the current Diet session ends in June.
US, Japan to ’move rapidly’ on trade deal - Hagerty
15-May-2018 Reuters
The United States and Japan will “move rapidly” to get a trade deal under a new framework aimed at intensifying bilateral trade consultations, US ambassador William Hagerty said, keeping pressure on Tokyo to open up protected markets like agriculture.
Japan to host RCEP ministerial meeting in Tokyo on July 1
15-May-2018 Nikkei
Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a regional trade deal will meet in Tokyo on July 1, 2018.
Chinese, Japanese trade ministers pledge to enhance cooperation, support free trade
10-May-2018 Xinhua
Trade ministers of China and Japan pledged to further enhance bilateral economic and trade cooperation during their meeting here on Wednesday.
Tokyo to host meeting for regional trade deal
9-May-2018 NHK World
The Japanese government is getting ready to host a meeting for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
China set to strengthen economic ties with Japan, South Korea amid trade row with United States
8-May-2018 South China Morning Post
Premier Li Keqiang says three nations should speed up free-trade talks, as Beijing also seeks to maintain influence on Korean peninsula.
EU-Japan FTA text (Dec 2017, updated Apr 2018)
8-May-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU- Japan EPA presented to the European Council, ratification begins
7-May-2018 Lexology
On 18 April 2018 the European Commission (the “Commission“) presented the finalised text of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (“EPA“) to the European Council and thereby took the first step in the EPA’s ratification process at the EU level.
US eager to form trade deal with Japan ’at some point’: USTR
2-May-2018 The Mainichi
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday expressed eagerness to strike a free trade agreement with Japan "at some point."
India must focus on manufacturing turnaround at RCEP talks in Singapore
1-May-2018 LiveMint
The Singapore meeting is significant, for several participants in RCEP are keen to wrap up the negotiations quickly, especially since the negotiations have gone well beyond the original deadline of end-2015.
Japan says trade talks with US under new framework won’t start until June
24-Apr-2018 Reuters
Japan’s Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday that bilateral talks on trade under a new framework led by him and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer won’t begin until mid-June at the earliest.
Japan’s multi-layered, multilateral strategy
22-Apr-2018 The Diplomat
Tokyo has some work to do to convince the region its strategy is not designed to contain China.
Trump pushes Abe for ’free, fair and reciprocal’ trade
19-Apr-2018 Nikkei
Japan seeks US return to TPP but president unlikely to bend on bilateral deal.
EU pushes to hasten start of Japan trade deal
18-Apr-2018 Reuters
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.
Economic ties with China still thorny / Intellectual property, steel remain problematic
18-Apr-2018 The Japan Times
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.
Japan PM Abe meeting Trump on trade, North Korea and TPP
18-Apr-2018 Action Forex
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.
Quiet on the set! The EU is negotiating trade deals...
17-Apr-2018 CEO
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.
Japan and China pledge to accelerate free trade talks
17-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
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.
US tightens pressure on Japan for bilateral trade deal
17-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
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.
Japan-EU trade agreement ready for July signing
13-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
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.