10-Apr-2019
NHK World Japan
US wants bigger compromise from Japan on tariffs for American farm goods than the two countries had agreed on for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
9-Apr-2019
Nikkei Asian Review
Tokyo has argued for a more limited "trade agreement on goods," while the Trump administration says it ultimately wants a comprehensive free trade agreement.
18-Mar-2019
Nikkei Asian Review
Japanese imports of beef are nearing the point of triggering an automatic tariff increase, which would affect only the US, a nonmember of the TPP-11.
13-Mar-2019
New York Times
President Trump’s top trade negotiator raised doubts that a trade agreement with China was within reach, while also aiming to negotiate trade deals with Europe and Japan.
12-Mar-2019
Manila Standard
The ASEAN and Japan signed the first protocol to amend the Asean-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement.
5-Mar-2019
Nikkei Asian Review
Japan aims to sign an economic partnership agreement with Turkey in June, as Tokyo’s tariff-reducing deal with the European Union.
4-Mar-2019
Nikkei Asian Review
Ministers from Asia’s leading economies renew their pursuit of a sweeping regional trade deal as an easing of tensions between the U.S. and China gives momentum to multilateral negotiations.