The 10th Round of Negotiations for Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

November 11, 2009
Japanese

1. The 10th round of negotiations for the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be held in Tokyo from November 17 (Tue) to 25 (Wed).
    
2. The participants in the meeting will be: on the Japanese side, Mr. Masato Takaoka, Deputy Director General, Economic Affairs Bureau and other Deputy Director-General level co-chairs from Japan as well as other officials from relevant Japanese ministries; and on the Australian side, Ms. Jan Adams, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Head of the FTA Task Force) and other officials from relevant departments of Australia.
    
3. Among the issues that will be discussed in the meeting are trade in goods and services, intellectual property, investment, government procurement, energy, and mineral resources.

(Reference) Background

• April 23-24, 2007: 1st Round of Negotiations held in Canberra
• August 6-10, 2007: 2nd Round of Negotiations held in Tokyo
• November 5-8, 2007: 3rd Round of Negotiations held in Canberra
• February 25-29, 2008: 4th Round of Negotiations held in Tokyo
• April 28-May 1, 2008: 5th Round of Negotiations held in Canberra
• July 28-August 1, 2008: 6th Round of Negotiations held in Tokyo
• October 27-31, 2008: 7th Round of Negotiations held in Canberra
• March 9-13, 2009: 8th Round of Negotiations held in Tokyo
• July 27-31, 2009: 9th Round of Negotiations held in Canberra

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