UK–Japan free trade agreement

The UK–Japan free trade agreement is a proposed free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Japan.[1]

United Kingdom - Japan Free Trade Agreement
  United Kingdom
  Japan
Type Trade Agreement
Context Future trade relations between the UK and Japan
Negotiators Liz Truss 🇬🇧

Toshimitsu Motegi 🇯🇵

Parties United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Japan 🇯🇵

History

The United Kingdom and the Japan began negotiations on the 12 May, 2020 and have currently had one round of negotiations[2]

Draft Legal & Treaty Text

On the May 13, 2020 , the United Kindgom released a Negotiation Objectives legal text outlining details of the UK - Japan Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement they would like to see.(for the document please look at the Documents section)[3]

UK Negotiation Objectives

Areas Covered in the FTA and Contention Points
  • Trade in Goods:
  • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS):
  • Customs and Trade Facilitation
  • Rules of Origin
  • Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
  • Good Regulatory Practices
  • Transparency, Publication, and Administrative Measures
  • Trade in Services, Including Telecommunications and Financial Services
  • Digital Trade in Goods and Services and Cross-Border Data Flows
  • Investment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Procedural Fairness for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
  • State-Owned and Controlled Enterprises (SOEs)
  • Subsidies
  • Competition Policy
  • Labor
  • Environment
  • Anti-corruption
  • Trade Remedies
  • Settlement
  • General Provisions
  • Currency

[4]

See Also
  • List of Bilateral Agreements
  • List of Multilateral Agreements
  • UK Free Trade Agreements

Sources
  1. Tsuruoka, Michito (April 2, 2020). "The Shape of a Japan-UK Free Trade Agreement". The Diplomat.
  2. "Liz Truss kick-starts trade negotiations with Japan  ". Gov.UK. May 12, 2020.
  3. "UK's approach to negotiating a free trade agreement with Japan". Gov.UK.
  4. "DIT publishes 'UK-Japan free trade agreement: the UK's strategic approach' document". BCCJ. May 15, 2020.
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