EU-Japan Business Round Table
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- Press Release 2009
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BRT 2009 video
© European Commission, 2009
The next EU-Japan Business Round Table meeting is scheduled to take place in Japan on 19 and 20 April 2010.
The 2009 annual meeting was held on 6 and 7 July in Brussels and covered the following topics:
The global financial crisis – common challenges for the EU and Japan
- The financial crisis: what does it mean for companies?
- Access to finance and the need to restore financial stability
- The risk of rising protectionism
- Reform of financial services
- How can the EU and Japan address common challenges?
- Innovation and ICT opportunities
- Mutually beneficial initiatives for stronger trade and investment: new potentials for large corporations and SMEs
- Energy efficiency as an efficient tool to tackle climate change
EU and Japanese business leaders presented their recommendations on the most pressing issues from the business point of view to Mr. Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European Commission; Mr. Yoshifumi Matsumura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry; Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Tim Brooks, Director for the International Secretariat at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and representing the Swedish Presidency of the EU.
The 2009 annual meeting was the last one under the European Co-Chairmanship of Georges Jacobs. The BRT Members thanked him for his strong commitment to the Round Table and all the work he had done over the years to strengthen EU-Japan relations. They warmly and unanimously welcomed Mr. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, a long-time BRT member, as his successor.
Background
Resulting from the merger of two groups active since 1995, namely, the EU-Japan Industrialists Round Table and the EU-Japan Business Forum, the EU-Japan Business Round Table was created in 1999. Since then, the senior executives of around 50 leading EU and Japanese enterprises meet every year for 'roundtable' discussions to review the factors affecting all aspects of business cooperation between the EU and Japan, and to make policy recommendations to the European Commission and the Japanese Government.
Pictures
Here are pictures of the EU-Japan Business Round Table meeting held in 2009 in Brussels under the co-chairmanship of Georges Jacobs and Hajime Sasaki. Click on a thumbnail to zoom in.
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