Japan’s Trade Minister Kajiyama: Will push for early scrapping of UK auto tariffs in trade talks

Speaking at a regular news conference on Tuesday, Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said that they ask for the early elimination of automobile and auto parts tariffs in negotiations on a post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK.

Kajiyama said: “In the negotiations, we hope to urge (Britain) to bring forward the period for which tariffs will be removed mainly for auto and autoparts ... as well as adopt high-level rules on digital trade.” 

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