Brussels, 28/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Commission will ask the Council next week for a mandate to open negotiations for a free-trade agreement with Japan. The Japanese authorities, for their part, have still not given the EU a date for the annual EU-Japan summit.
The staff of Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht will submit a request next week for authorisation to negotiate a free-trade agreement with Japan. De Gucht announced the end of the scoping exercise on 31 May.
The group of...