The European Commission announced on Monday 10 April that progress had been made in the technical level talks on an EU-Japan free-trade agreement. This 18th round of talks, which took place in Tokyo from 3 to 5 April, came hard on the heels of the re-statement by the two parties on 21 March of their commitment to concluding the negotiations as quickly as possible.
“Work progressed in a constructive atmosphere, with both sides working with a renewed sense of urgency in order to respect the...