Japan

The shape of a Japan-UK free trade agreement

2-Apr-2020 The Diplomat

Japan and UK reaffirmed their commitment to build the “new partnership as ambitious, high standard and mutually beneficial as the Japan-EU EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement).

Japan scouts more Asian players for TPP to cut China dependence

23-Mar-2020 Nikkei Asian Review

Japan will make a fresh attempt to expand the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to include more Asian economies, such as Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines, after the new coronavirus exposed the risks of supply chains overly dependent on China.

Regional MPs call for greater transparency of RCEP negotiations

10-Mar-2020 APHR

As ministers of the member countries of the RCEP meet for final negotiations over the trade agreement this week, regional lawmakers today expressed concern about the lack of parliamentary and public oversight of the deal, as well as its potential human rights impacts.

Chengdu Trilateral Summit still to deliver

11-Feb-2020 East Asia Forum

The fact that China, Japan and South Korea (CJK) engaged in an agreed-upon trilateral summit framework, and bilateral dialogues on the sidelines, was no small achievement given heightened tensions between the three countries.

India keen to keep future FTAs with RCEP nations less ambitious

5-Feb-2020 BusinessLine

Countries such as Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan are among the first ones with which India is ready to consider individual agreements to begin with.

EU food exports to Japan soar after enforcement of free trade pact

3-Feb-2020 Kyodo

Food exports from the European Union to Japan increased sharply in the period immediately following the entry into force of their free trade agreement.

Auto and beef exports from Japan to EU higher after first year of EPA

30-Jan-2020 Japan Times

Automobile and wagyu beef exports to the European Union are increasing thanks to tariff cuts under an economic partnership agreement between Japan and the EU.

Auto tariffs to be key topic in Japan-UK trade talks after Brexit

28-Jan-2020 Japan Times

Auto tariffs are expected to come up as a top agenda item in Japan-UK trade talks that are expected to start as early as this spring after the latter’s exit from the European Union.

Boris Johnson to strike Britain’s first post-Brexit trade deal with Japan after Queen approves Withdrawal Bill

24-Jan-2020 The Sun

Boris Johnson wants to strike Britain’s first post-Brexit trade deal with Japan, and before the end of the year, in a bid to whip up a bandwagon.

After China trade deal, Europe and UK next on Trump’s to-do list

23-Jan-2020 Reuters

US President Donald Trump vowed to rip up international trade deals and rebalance America’s global trade relationships.

Investment will overshadow trade in Japan-U.S. talks

20-Jan-2020 The Japan Times

The Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement (JUSTA), the pinnacle for modern trade policy between the two allies, is now in force.

S. Korea, China, Japan divided over open data in trilateral FTA talks

20-Jan-2020 Business Korea

South Korea, China and Japan have made some progress in negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) following the trilateral summit held late last year.

Japan, Australia reaffirm goal for RCEP deal

10-Jan-2020 The Japan News

Japan and Australia reaffirmed their goal of concluding the envisioned RCEP free trade deal among 16 nations including India by the end of the year.

Japan, Morocco sign agreement for promotion and protection of investment

10-Jan-2020 Devdiscourse

This agreement aims at further protection and promotion of investment between the contracting parties.

‘Japan keen to boost bilateral trade with Pakistan’

9-Jan-2020 International The News

Japan expressed its support for Pakistan’s efforts to stabilse the country’s fragile economy and also agreed to work together to further promote bilateral trade relations.

Japan pledges support for Thailand joining Pacific trade pact

8-Jan-2020 Kyodo News

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi promised on Tuesday to help Thailand join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement at an early date.

Japan trade deal failed to benefit PHL machinery

8-Jan-2020 Business World

The Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) negatively impacted machinery and mechanical exports even as it benefited Philippine exports overall, according to a study from the Philippine Institute of Development Studies.

Protectionism, after all: China, Korea, Japan use non-tariff barriers to impede imports

7-Jan-2020 Financial Express

Countries like China, South Korea and Japan may boast of low tariffs but they have erected huge non-tariff barriers (NTBs), most of which are tailored to mask the ferocity of trade protectionism, in a bid to control the imports they deem undesirable.