{"id":4805,"date":"2017-12-21T08:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:28:21","slug":"eu-japan-epa-negotiations-finalized-without-investment-eu-mexico-updated-fta-nears-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2017\/12\/21\/eu-japan-epa-negotiations-finalized-without-investment-eu-mexico-updated-fta-nears-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2013Japan EPA negotiations finalized without investment; EU\u2013Mexico updated FTA nears completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 8, 2017, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe <a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_STATEMENT-17-5182_en.htm\">announced<\/a> the finalization of the negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the European Commission <a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_STATEMENT-17-5182_en.htm\">statement<\/a>, the path is now clear for signature, ratification and implementation of the agreement. The statement highlights that \u201cthe EPA reinforces the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips117'>EU<\/span> and Japan\u2019s actions on sustainable development and climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2017\/09\/26\/eu-and-japan-reach-agreement-in-principle-on-epa-isds-remains-fully-open\/\">As reported in <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips60'>ITN<\/span><\/a>, the partners had reached an agreement in principle on the EPA in July 2017, but could not agree on certain aspects of the investment chapter, including dispute settlement. Parties <a href=\"http:\/\/the-japan-news.com\/news\/article\/0004103600\">left investment out of the EPA<\/a> to be able finalize it and would later conclude a separate agreement on investment.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u00ad\u00ad\u2013Mexico agreement is also reported to be nearing completion\u2014including an investment chapter. The negotiating partners held the sixth round of negotiations in Mexico City, November 25\u2013December 1, 2017. Negotiations on an updated trade deal have been ongoing since May 2016.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"http:\/\/trade.ec.europa.eu\/doclib\/press\/index.cfm?id=1764\">EU press release<\/a>, progress was made in issues including the Investment Court System (<span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips72'>ICS<\/span>) and sustainable development, and the European Commission remains committed to the goal of concluding the deal before the end of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiators met in Brussels from December 11 to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/economy-jobs\/news\/mexico-sees-eu-trade-deal-by-end-of-month\/\">outline a possible conclusion of negotiations<\/a>,\u201d and EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo are scheduled to meet in the week of December 18.<!--more--><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips32','International Institute for Sustainable Development<!--more-->'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips33','Institut international du d\u00e9veloppement durable'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips34','Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips43','investor\u2013state dispute settlement'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips58','soluci\u00f3n de controversias inversionista-Estado'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips60','Investment Treaty News'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips65','East African community'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips67','Energy Charter Treaty'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips72','Investment Court System'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips76','multilateral investment court'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips100','investissement direct \u00e9tranger'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips116','European Commission'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips117','European Union'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips118','Union europ\u00e9enne'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips119','Uni\u00f3n Europea'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 8, 2017, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the finalization of the negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and Japan.<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips76','multilateral investment court'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips100','investissement direct \u00e9tranger'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips116','European Commission'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips117','European Union'); <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[397],"tags":[1926,1985,2044,2025,1963],"class_list":["post-4805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-eu","tag-investment-court-system-ics","tag-japan","tag-mexico","tag-trade"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}