Japan-Canada Trade and Investment Dialogue

October 30, 2008

The first Japan-Canada Trade and Investment Dialogue will be held on November 4 (Tue) and 5 (Wed) in Tokyo (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
The establishment of this Dialogue was decided in January this year to promote trade and investment between Japan and Canada, an important supplier of, in particular, energy to Japan. This will be the first meeting of the Dialogue.
The Dialogue will be attended on the Japanese side by Mr. Yoichi Otabe, Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the chair, and officials of that ministry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and others related, and from the Canadian side by Mr. Jonathan Fried, Ambassador-designate of Canada to Japan, as the chair, and related officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
At the forthcoming Dialogue, there will be an exchange of views on the improvement of the business environment, regulatory cooperation and trade policy, with a view to promoting trade and investment between Japan and Canada.

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