This week was dominated by news on European trade defence policy and by a shift in sentiment in Britain over a customs union with the EU – with ramifications for the Department for International Trade. Other bits of news below. EU-Australia negotiations: third round The EU and Australia held a …
Tag: Japan
Blog: EU Summit – leader statements on free trade, FTAs, Brexit
The European Summit has started in Thursday (22 June 2017). Trade is not on the agenda before Friday (23 June 2017). However, it is going to be a central topic. We’ve selected a few leader statements to gauge the political temperature and the objectives of a few member states on trade agreements, …
Analysis: How TPP, TTIP and agriculture are shaping EU Japan trade talks
The factors that shape EU trade policy are many. But among those that shape most actual and current negotiation dynamics in the EU Japan FTA negotiations, which started in 2013, a few months before the transatlantic TTIP talks, two stand out: United States free trade agreements and the EU agriculture sector, …
COMMENT – EU Japan FTA : why negotiations are far from over
Hopes that the three year-old negotiations between the EU and Japan towards a free trade agreement could be finalised by the end of this year are fading. Tokyo is now in a new bargaining position, making it harder for the EU to get its way. By Iana Dreyer.
EU – Japan: negotiating free trade in the shadow of TTIP and TPP
EU – Japan free trade negotiations have been slowed down by Japan’s current focus on concluding the Transpacific Partnership. Yet they could be upgraded to include regulatory convergence similar to that pursued in TTIP, writes David Kleimann.
Blog: 6 take-aways from EU minister’s meeting on trade #Doha #TTIP #Vietnam #Japan #CETA #Russia
In brief: As EU Japan trade talks go: European cheese and meat exports already made easier
The EU Commission announced today that Japan changed a sanitary standard for bacteria called Listeria Monocytogenes.
European trade policy: outlook and challenges for 2015
[sh_light_text ]The new year festivities in Europe are over. In 2015 the EU will face a busy trade policy agenda and some daunting challenges in fulfilling its objectives and promoting its interests. We outline some of them.[/sh_light_text]
Car, train industry opposition may quash goal to clinch EU-Japan FTA in 2015
[sh_light_text ]During a seventh round of talks last week, EU and Japan moved closer to wrapping up a free trade agreement that could boost Europe’s economy and add 400,000 jobs. But the two sides remain divided over key issues such as automobiles and agriculture, leaving in doubt their ability to …
EU-Japan trade deal to move ahead as Council members start softening stance on railway package
[sh_light_text ]Negotiations over the EU Japan free trade deal are set to continue after EU Council members signalled they were ready to compromise with Japan on the most contentious dossier in the politics of the negotiations so far: access to railway markets. [/sh_light_text] By Iana Dreyer
