EU-Japan Business Round Table
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BRT 20 April 2010 Press Release
The EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT) was created in 1995. 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.
2010 BRT ANNUAL MEETING
EU-Japan Business: Gearing up for the Next Decade
- A vision of the EU-Japan business relationship for the next decade
- The processes leading to policy improvements in the EU and in Japan
- EU-Japan business cooperation in Innovation
- EU-Japan business cooperation in tackling climate change challenges
Under the Co-chairmanship of Messrs. Tadashi Okamura (Toshiba) and Denis Duverne (AXA) representing Mr. Jean-Yves Le Gall (Arianespace), this forum of some 50 Japanese and European business leaders met in Tokyo on 19 and 20 April 2010.
| Together they finalised a set of recommendations which were handed over to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, President Herman Van Rompuy and President José Manuel Barroso at the official residence of the Prime Minister of Japan in Tokyo on the occasion of the EU-Japan Summit on 28 April 2010. More Information. |
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The recommendations first and foremost address the future of the EU-Japan economic relationship after the “2001-2011 EU-Japan Action Plan” elapses next year. The EU-Japan Business Round Table discussed resetting the EU-Japan bilateral relations by establishing the right framework, and making the EU-Japan strategic partnership a reality in the economic sector in order to enhance trade and investment.
The Round Table also addressed the challenges posed by climate change and by the fast-growing demand for energy, raw materials and food resulting in harmful supply shortages. Finally, it discussed how to promote cooperation in industrial research and development, as well as joint programmes enhancing EU-Japan cooperation in next-generation technologies.
2009 BRT MEETING
On the occasion of the 2009 BRT Annual Meeting in Brussels, EU and Japanese business leaders presented their recommendations on the most pressing issues from the business point of view.
MAIN TOPICS OF THE 2009 EU-JAPAN BUSINESS ROUND TABLE annual meeting:
- The global financial crisis – common challenges for the EU and Japan
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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
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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
- Multilateral & Bilateral Trade Relations, Investment and Regulatory Cooperation
- Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Healthcare & Well-Being
- Information & Communication Technologies
- Financial Services; Accounting and Taxation
- Innovation, Environment and Sustainable Development
Pictures
Here are pictures of the EU-Japan Business Round Table meeting held in 2010 in Tokyo under the co-chairmanship of Messrs. Tadashi Okamura and Denis Duverne representing Jean-Yves Le Gall. Click on a thumbnail to zoom in.
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