On Thursday 22 March, Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström, announced that on 17 April the European Commission will adopt and send the Council of the EU and European Parliament the draft agreement for the EU/Japan economic partnership concluded last December (see EUROPE 11922), for signing and subsequent ratification.
Addressing Parliament' international trade committee, Malmström stated, “The legal scrubbing (of the text) of our Japan deal has been completed… The Commission...