Brussels, 13/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - In the face of the scale of the natural disaster which wreaked havoc on Japan on 11 March, the European Council of 25 March backed the idea of a bilateral free trade agreement which had been in the air since last autumn. However, if it wants to open negotiations on such an agreement, Japan will have to show that it is willing to further open its market to EU exports, warned EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on 12 April, repeating the conditions set...