29-Aug-2017
Yomiurui Shimbun
Japan intends to conclude new bilateral investment treaties with 13 countries, including Algeria and Morocco.
29-Aug-2017
Busines Insider
Japan is currently in talks with the EU about a free trade agreement and has no intention of rushing that negotiation to satisfy the wishes of UK government, the Financial Times reports.
28-Aug-2017
Financial Express
India’s steel ministry wants to protect the local steel industry from influx of imports under the proposed RCEP deal
31-Jul-2017
Hoosier Ag Today
The US National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the increased tariff on beef imports to Japan underscores the “urgent need” for a bilateral trade agreement between Japan and the United States.
26-Jul-2017
Volterra Fietta
The data lead to the inexorable conclusion that the European Commission’s declaration that “investment treaty arbitration is dead” is wrong by a ratio of over 1:3,000.
14-Jul-2017
European Commission
19 draft chapters, as released by the European Commission
11-Jul-2017
Washington Post
Japanese officials say they are hoping the TPP talks will get a boost from the Economic Partnership Agreement reached with the EU.
10-Jul-2017
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
The EU and Japan seemed to have scrapped the classic BIT/investor protection architecture as a model.
7-Jul-2017
Farm Journal’s Pork
National Pork Producers have let the administration know that the U.S. should focus on the Asian-Pacific area, starting with Japan.
6-Jul-2017
Global Meat News
The EU meat industry is quite pleased with the agreement in principle between EU and Japan, on the basis of the preliminary outcomes for beef and pork.
5-Jul-2017
Automotive World
Ahead of a possible bilateral EU-Japan summit to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) calls on negotiators to ensure a balanced outcome for the European automobile sector.