UK–Japan free trade agreement
The UK–Japan free trade agreement is a proposed free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Japan.[1]
Type | Trade Agreement |
Context | Future trade relations between the UK and Japan |
Negotiators | Liz Truss 🇬🇧
Hiroshi Matsuura 🇯🇵 |
Parties | United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Japan 🇯🇵 |
History
The United Kingdom and the Japan began negotiations on the 12 May, 2020 and have currently had one round of negotiations[2]
Draft Legal & Treaty Text
On the May 13, 2020 , the United Kindgom released a Negotiation Objectives legal text outlining details of the UK - Japan Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement they would like to see.(for the document please look at the Documents section)[3]
Areas Covered in the FTA and Contention Points
- Trade in Goods:
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS):
- Customs and Trade Facilitation
- Rules of Origin
- Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
- Good Regulatory Practices
- Transparency, Publication, and Administrative Measures
- Trade in Services, Including Telecommunications and Financial Services
- Digital Trade in Goods and Services and Cross-Border Data Flows
- Investment
- Intellectual Property
- Procedural Fairness for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
- State-Owned and Controlled Enterprises (SOEs)
- Subsidies
- Competition Policy
- Labor
- Environment
- Anti-corruption
- Trade Remedies
- Settlement
- General Provisions
- Currency
See Also
- List of Bilateral Agreements
- List of Multilateral Agreements
- UK Free Trade Agreements
Sources
- Tsuruoka, Michito (April 2, 2020). "The Shape of a Japan-UK Free Trade Agreement". The Diplomat.
- "Liz Truss kick-starts trade negotiations with Japan ". Gov.UK. May 12, 2020.
- "UK's approach to negotiating a free trade agreement with Japan". Gov.UK.
- "DIT publishes 'UK-Japan free trade agreement: the UK's strategic approach' document". BCCJ. May 15, 2020.
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