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The 5th Round of Negotiations for Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

April 22, 2008
Japanese

  1. The 5th round of negotiations for the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be held in Canberra from April 28 (Mon) to May 1 (Thu).
  2. The participants in the meeting will be; on the Japanese side, Mr. Sumio Kusaka, 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, Mr. Ric Wells, 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, and 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
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