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UK and Japan second Industrial Policy Dialogue

The UK and Japanese governments held the second Industrial Policy Dialogue in December 2018, focused on progress on the respective industrial strategies and a broad range of areas of collaboration.

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UK-Japan Industrial Policy Dialogue, 2nd annual meeting, December 2018: official summary

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The UK and Japanese governments held the second Industrial Policy Dialogue in London on 14 December 2018, focused on progress on the respective industrial strategies and a broad range of areas of collaboration.

The UK-Japan Industrial Policy Dialogue (IPD) was launched in 2017 and provides a platform for collaboration between the 2 countries on shared challenges.

The second iteration of the UK-Japan Industrial Policy Dialogue was co-chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Mr Alex Chisholm, and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Mr Tetsuya Terazawa.

Joint work to date on the IPD pillars was approved:

  • advanced manufacturing
  • aviation
  • bio-economy
  • energy
  • space

Agreement was reached on future work, with a number of new additional workstreams initiated.

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Published 14 February 2019

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