The EU–Japan FTA/EPA negotiations: discussions on the way forward
BusinessEurope and the Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) organised a breakfast discussion with the two chief negotiators of the EU-Japan free-trade agreement / economic partnership agreement during the week of the 15th round of negotiations. Mauro Petriccione, Chief negotiator for the EU, and Koji Haneda, Ambassador for Japan, explained how negotiations are progressing and the prospects for concluding an agreement in 2016.