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EU-Japan trade deal ‘within five years’

[ November 30, 2012   //   ]

EU trade ministers have given the European Commission a mandate to start negotiations for an EU-Japan free trade agreement but subject to strict conditions. They are insisting that elimination of non-tariff barriers should precede that of tariff barriers. European trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said he hoped that the deal could be ratified in four to five years. A similar trade with Singapore is said to be close, and negotiations could start soon with Morocco and Tunisia, he added.

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