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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.
Japan angles for space in Brazil with Mercosur deal
12-Apr-2018 The Brazilian Report
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.
Tokyo willing to host TPP negotiators’ meeting in June or July
10-Apr-2018 Japan Today
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.
Ghana: Government moves to deepen bilateral trade with Japan
10-Apr-2018 All Africa
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.
Could India be the Trump administration’s first FTA?
5-Apr-2018 Agri-Pulse
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.
To counter China’s BRI, India joins US, Japan to boost connectivity in Indo-Pacific
5-Apr-2018 Deccan Herald
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.
Japan aims revamped TPP at reducing reliance on US: former high-level diplomat
4-Apr-2018 The Japan Times
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.
Japan may be forced into bilateral trade deal with US: ex-IMF exec
2-Apr-2018 Japan Today
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.
Japan’s Aso rules out bilateral trade deal with US
29-Mar-2018 Reuters
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.
South Korea, China, Japan hold new trade talks amid rising protectionism
24-Mar-2018 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea, China and Japan held a new round of trade talks on Friday in Seoul in the latest push to work out differences for a free trade deal amid rising trade protectionism.
US seeks bilateral FTA with Japan
22-Mar-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Trade representatives suggests Washington wants to start talks after Tokyo finalizes TPP.
Turkey’s economy minister seeks Japan trade pact this year
9-Mar-2018 Nikkei
Japan-EU deal adds urgency; Ankara plans ’countermeasures’ against US tariffs
Japanese envoy says signing of new TPP sends message to China on trade rules
7-Mar-2018 National Post
As Canada, Japan and nine other countries prepare to sign the rebooted Trans-Pacific Partnership this week in Chile, some see it as a way to set the stage for closer relations with China.
Japan approves signing of TPP free trade pact without US
6-Mar-2018 The Mainichi
The Japanese government on Tuesday approved the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact without the United States. Ministers from 11 participating countries are scheduled to gather in Chile on Thursday to sign the deal, paving the way for it to take effect in early 2019. Japan’s TPP minister Toshimitsu Motegi is expected to attend the signing ceremony.
RCEP negotiators make progress in Singapore as Japan pushes for year-end deal on trade pact
5-Mar-2018 Japan Times
Ministers from 16 East Asian countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership made progress at a meeting in Singapore Saturday but many gaps remain.
In America’s absence, Japan takes the lead on free trade
2-Mar-2018 East Asia Forum
The Japanese government is still hoping for a multilateral Asia Pacific order that includes the United States. Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso confided to US Vice President Mike Pence in early February that Japan encourages a US return to the TPP.
US amenable to trade talks with Japan, 4 other TPP members: USTR
1-Mar-2018 Kyodo
In 2018, the Trump administration will continue efforts to build stronger, better and fairer trading relationships with Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand and Brunei.
Trade and climate: How the EU can protect the Paris Agreement
28-Feb-2018 Euractiv
It is possible to effectively integrate the Paris Agreement into new trade deals, including CETA and the upcoming JEFTA with Japan.
EU, Japan to sign free trade deal by summer: EU official
28-Feb-2018 Japan Today
Leaders of the European Union and Japan will meet to sign a free trade deal by summer if everything goes smoothly, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said.
Japan’s belt and road puzzle, decoded
28-Feb-2018 The Diplomat
Japan’s support for the belt and road is contingent on shaping China into a responsible global player.