Policy paper

The UK’s trade relationship with Japan: parliamentary report

This report explains the government’s approach to maintaining continuity of the trade relationship between the UK and Japan after EU Exit.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 23 October 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

The United Kingdom’s future trading relationship with Japan (web optimised version)

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Unnumbered command paper

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The United Kingdom’s future trading relationship with Japan (print-ready version)

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Unnumbered command paper

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Details

This report contains:

• an overview of the agreement
• an overview economic analysis of trade between the UK and Japan
• an explanation of any changes or significant differences between the UK-Japan trade agreement and the EU-Japan trade agreement

It includes information on:

• goods
• tariff rate quotas
• rules of origin
• origin quotas
• customs and trade facilitation
• technical barriers to trade
• electronics
• motor vehicles and parts
• pharmaceutical products and medical devices
• sanitary and phytosanitary measures
• intellectual property including geographical indications
• sustainability
• government procurement
• competition and subsidies
• services
• dispute settlement
• trade remedies
• women’s economic empowerment

It also includes information on exchanges of letters between the UK government and the Japan government.

Published 23 October 2020