Verbatim report of proceedings

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 - Strasbourg

EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement - EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (resolution) - EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement - EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement (resolution) - Adequacy of the protection of personal data afforded by Japan (debate)

  David Martin (S&D), blue-card answer. – Of course nobody in their right mind wants a tariff war. The great advantage of this trade agreement, though, is the way it reduces non-tariff barriers, the way it makes it easier for European companies to access the Japanese market. Our problems in competing with Japan have never been about tariffs. It has never been about differing labour standards; it has been about non-tariff barriers, and this agreement goes to the core of that issue.