British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he wants an 'ambitious' tr...
TOKYO - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he wants an “ambitious” trade deal with Japan, after a meeting with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, who asked Britain to end European Union restrictions on Japanese food imports imposed after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Raab met Motegi in Tokyo during his first overseas trip following Britain’s departure from the EU, and as it negotiates its future relationship with Brussels and begins free trade talks with other major economies including the United States and Japan. The EU-Japan trade deal, which reduces tariffs across a raft of products, including Japanese autos, came into force a year ago.Motegi said he had asked London to lift import restrictions on Japanese food and other products that were imposed by Brussels after the nuclear accident at Fukushima in 2011.
Tokyo may be better positioned to win concessions from London as Britain is eager to conclude agreements to replace those it benefited from as an EU member, and because the British economy carries less weight in negotiations than the bigger EU bloc.
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