ISDS Case Map
Japan
Taiwan government missed an opportunity to sign a FTA with Japan because failed to resolve the issue of the ban on food imports from Japanese regions hit by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
US position would add pressure on Japan during trade talks
Economists had warned that the preferential tariff treatment the bloc enjoyed would threaten the market share of American producers
As President Trump prepares his push for a bilateral trade agreement with Japan, the path forward is complicated by at least three factors.
Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso pushed back against US efforts to link the yen with bilateral talks aimed at striking a trade deal.
Latest trade figures show that the trade imbalance persists, #US had a $6.67 billion goods trade deficit with Japan. So the tariff reductions under a bilateral trade pact will be kept to levels set by the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Alleged barriers from Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, Japan, Mexico and Korea.
Japan and the United States agreed to focus mainly on tariffs on goods such as agricultural and industrial products.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Japan's Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi are set to embark on two days of talks in Washington.
China expressed the hope for smooth progress of negotiations on Free Trade Zone with Japan and Republic of Korea (ROK).
