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The 3rd Round of Negotiations for Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

October 30, 2007
Japanese

  1. The 3rd round of negotiations for the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be held in Canberra from November 5 (Mon) to 8 (Thu).
  2. The participants in the meeting will be; on the Japanese side, Mr. Masaharu Kohno, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, as chief negotiator, and other officials from relevant ministries of Japan; and on the Australian side, Mr. Peter Gray, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and officials from other 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, and energy.

(Reference) Background

  • April 23-24, 2007: 1st Round of Negotiations held in Canberra
  • August 6-10, 2007: 2nd Round of Negotiations held in Tokyo
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