This article is brought to you in association with the European Council. Main results EU and Japanese leaders reviewed the implementation of the EU-Japan free trade agreement. This is one of the greatest achievements in EU-Japan relations. “Our bond was further deepened by the entry into force of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, the largest trade […]Main results of EU-Japan summit which took place on 25/04/2019 in Brussels
April 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Council. Main results EU and Japanese leaders reviewed the implementation of the EU-Japan free trade agreement. This is one of the greatest achievements in EU-Japan relations. “Our bond was further deepened by the entry into force of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, the largest trade […]EU and Japan ratify first FTA ever to include Paris Climate Agreement provision
July 24, 2018 by 2 Comments
In the week that US President Donald Trump called the European Union a “foe”, and reaffirmed his will to hit China with more duties on imports, Brussels signed a wide-ranging free trade deal with Japan. At the 25th EU-Japan summit in Tokyo last week, the leaders of the two areas indeed finally sealed two landmark […]EU cuts fast-track free trade deals with Japan and Singapore and leads the trade scene
April 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Last week, the European Commission presented the outcome of the negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan, formally putting forward the proposed trade deal with the Asian country for fast-track approval. Once signed, the EU-Japan agreement would represent the most important trade agreement ever negotiated by the EU, and Brussels is now officially pushing […]The EU and Japan seal free trade pact that will cover 30% of global GDP
December 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Last Friday, after striking a life-changing Brexit agreement with the United Kingdom, the European Union managed to finalise negotiations on a major trade deal with Japan. Sources revealed that EU and Japan leaders were able to find a final accord on the telephone, after their respective chief negotiators concluded a meeting in Brussels and paved […]EU and Japan agree on free-trade deal and fill the post-TPP void
July 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council and Shinzō Abe, Japanese Prime Minister at the EU-Japan Summit (Brussels, July 6, 2017). Copyright: European Union; Source: EC – Audiovisual Service; Photo: Etienne Ansotte Last week, right before the kick-off of the Hamburg G20 Summit, the European Union and Japan announced […]
