Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
September 11, 2013
2. Background
| May 2011 | Summit leaders agreed to start the scoping exercise to define the outline of EPA/FTA negotiations at the 20th Japan-EU Summit. |
| July 2012 | Following the successful conclusion of the scoping exercise, the European Commission decided to ask the Council of the EU for a negotiating mandate for the Japan-EU EPA/FTA negotiations. |
| November 2012 | The Foreign Affairs Council of the EU adopted the mandate. |
| March 25, 2013 | Summit leaders decided to launch negotiations of the Japan-EU EPA/FTA at their telephone conference (Japan-EU Summit Telephone Talks). |
3. Negotiations on the Japan-EU
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