CCCJ - Keidanren Joint-Statement on the release of the Report of the Joint-Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan Economic Partnership

The CCCJ and Keidanren release a Joint-Statement on the Report of the Joint-Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan Economic Partnership.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) and the Keidanren's Committee on Canada express our great appreciation for the release of the Report of the Joint Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA). The report is a positive development and finds sufficient common ground to launch negotiations for an EPA between Canada and Japan.

Both the CCCJ and the Keidanren's Committee on Canada strongly urge the Canadian and Japanese governments to launch negotiations towards a Canada-Japan EPA as soon as possible and at the highest levels of government. We urge the prime ministers of Canada and Japan to seize the earliest opportunity for a face to face meeting and joint announcement of this historic development in our nations' bilateral relationship.

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