Japan Today
Nippon Keidanren seeks FTA with 6 Persian Gulf countries
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
TOKYO - The Japan Business Federation, the nation’s biggest business lobby, urged the government on Tuesday to start negotiations at an early date on concluding a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, which consists of six oil producers.
The business group, known as Nippon Keidanren, presented its written request to the government, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito.