EU NON-FERROUS METAL SECTOR WELCOMES LAUNCH OF JAPAN TRADE TALKS
November 1st, 2012
BY ALAN OSBORN, KEITH NUTHALL AND JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO
The non-ferrous metals sector in Europe has welcomed the announcement (on Thursday) of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Japan. "We support these negotiations but we want to see how they will develop because the elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers is very important to us," said Elena Vyboldina, trade and economy manager of the EU's non-ferrous trade association Eurometaux. "Tariffs are not extremely high but by eliminating them we can ...
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