Fed: Australian-Japan FTA talks start this week

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2007
Fed: Australian-Japan FTA talks start this week

Australia and Japan start talks for a Free Trade Agreement this week .. a treaty that
could benefit Australia by up to 40 billion dollars over the next 20 years.

The first meetings today and tomorrow will set the framework and schedule for the talks.

Japan's powerful agriculture sector has lobbied hard to be left off the negotiation table.

But initial research by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has found in some
cases Japan will gain 100 per cent from entering an FTA with Australia.

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