PHARMA SECTOR COULD BENEFIT AS EU AND JAPAN LAUNCH TRADE TALKS
December 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Japanese pharmaceutical exporters could benefit from a future free trade deal, with the European Commission announcing formal trade talks between these two developed world giants will go ahead. Brussels' directorate general for trade is stressing that Japan must make offers to remove its notoriously tough non-tariff barriers - such as trade licensing, declarations, inspections, labelling, certification, port clearance and other red tape. Indeed, EU trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said: "We explicitly reserve ...
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