March 2, 2015

TPP: US-Japan trade agreement deal soon?

By GBMC
TPP (image source: cas.go.jp)

TPP (image source: cas.go.jp)

 

A senior official of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Friday she expects the 12 countries negotiating a Pacific free trade initiative (the U.S.-led TPP) to strike a deal before June, as the United States and Japan seem to be reaching a bilateral deal over Tokyo’s exceptional tariffs on five agricultural products — rice, beef and pork, wheat, dairy products and sugar.

Would this impact on/speed up talks for a EU-Japan FTA/EPA/EIA agreement?

Read more:  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/28/business/economy-business/u-s-business-leader-envisions-tpp-deal-before-june/#.VPLqauk3PIU

 

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