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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President George W. Bush are likely to discuss making a bilateral free-trade agreement the subject of future negotiations when they meet next week, government sources said Friday.
How the trade deal with Japan would bring more pain than gain for the Philippines
Japan's Ministry of Trade has issued a new report on how countries which have signed Japan FTAs and BITs are living up to their commitments, plus a revised set of trade policy priorities.
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are likely to wrap up negotiations in early May for the liberalization of trade in goods, paving the way for Tokyo's first free-trade deal with a regional bloc, government sources said Wednesday.
The European Union isn't planning to start talks with Japan on a bilateral free-trade agreement, the director general for trade at the European Commission said Monday at a news conference in Tokyo. Japanese business leaders are concerned that if an EU-South Korea FTA takes effect, some Japanese industries would lose European market share to their South Korean rivals.
South Korea-US trade pact could leave Japan lagging in world market, according to the Yomirui Shimbun.
The proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and Japan is likely to be concluded within the next one year, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said today. The second round of negotiations for the economic agreement is presently being conducted in Tokyo at the moment.
Indonesia could suffer losses as great as, or even worse, than those that other developing countries have suffered as a result of entering into free trade agreements, such as the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan, says an international NGO.
The United States said yesterday it was reluctant to negotiate a free trade deal with Japan unless the Asian nation opened up its agriculture sector. Although Washington agreed to exclude rice from its free trade agreement with South Korea, it would not offer a similar concession to Japan, Assistant US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler told reporters.
Mexican Economy Secretary Eduardo Sojo said the U.S.-led Free Trade Area of the Americas scheme is likely to remain stalled in the foreseeable future as negotiations between the United States and the leftist-dominated South America on the issue have been deadlocked for the past few years.
