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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: IPEF
IPEF under Negotiation
Multilateral Negotiations
Economic Partnership Agreement: EPA/Free Trade Agreement: FTA
EPA/FTAs under Negotiation
Multilateral Negotiations
- 【China-Japan-Korea】
- Sixteenth Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement among Japan, China and the ROK to be Held (November 26, 2019)
Bilateral Negotiations
- 【Turkey】
- Seventeenth Round of the Negotiations for a Japan-Turkey Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (September 26, 2019)
- Sixteenth Round of the Negotiations for a Japan-Turkey Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (August 2, 2019)
EPA/FTAs Entered into Force
Multilateral Negotiations
- 【EU】
- The Launch of the Japan-EU Digital Partnership (May 12, 2022)
- METI Minister Kajiyama Attends Annual Meeting of EU-Japan Business Round Table (November 6, 2020)
- 【RCEP】
- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement will Enter into Force in Indonesia (November 7, 2022)
- First Meeting of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Joint Committee Held (April 27, 2022)
- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement will Enter into Force in Malaysia (January 18, 2022)
- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement will enter into force in Republic of Korea (December 6, 2021)
- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement will enter into force on January 1, 2022 (November 3, 2021)
- Scope of the Act on Issuance of Certificates of Origin under Economic Partnership Agreement Added to RCEP Agreement (June 22, 2021)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Signed (November 15, 2020)
- Preparatory Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting to be Held(November 10, 2020)
- METI Minister Kajiyama Attends Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (October 14, 2020)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting to be Held (October 13, 2020)
- METI Minister Kajiyama Attends Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting(August 27, 2020)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting to be Held (August 25, 2020)
- Thirty-First Round of Negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 7, 2020)
- METI Minister Kajiyama Attends the 10th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting (June 23, 2020)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting to be Held (June 22, 2020)
- Thirtieth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (May 13, 2020)
- The 29th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Trade Negotiating Committee Meeting (RCEP TNC) Issues Joint Statement (April 30, 2020)
- Twenty-ninth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)(April 16, 2020)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Preparation Meeting and Signing Ceremony on Collaboration Projects between Japanese and Thai Companies to be Held (October 31, 2019)
- RCEP Ministerial Meeting to be Held (October 11, 2019)
- Twenty-Eighth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (September 17, 2019)
- The ASEAN Economic Minister (AEM)-METI Consultation and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting to be Held (September 3, 2019)
- METI Minister Seko Visits the People’s Republic of China (August 5, 2019)
- RCEP Ministerial Meeting to be Held (August 1, 2019)
- Twenty-Seventh Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (July 19, 2019)
- Twenty-Sixth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (June 18, 2019)
- METI Minister Seko Visits the Kingdom of Cambodia (March 3, 2019)
- Seventh Ministerial Meeting for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to be Held (March 1, 2019)
- Twenty-fifth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (February 14, 2019)
Division in Charge
Economic Partnership Division, Trade Policy Bureau
Last updated:2023-01-05