24/01/2020
Three days regional meeting of the European Business Organization World Wide Network ( ) took place in Tokyo from 2 to 4 December at the Delegation of the European Union to Japan. The meeting was organized by the European Business Council in Japan and gathered EBO's members from more than 30 countries as well as representatives of the , local and international businesses and local and national Japanese authorities. Her Excellency EU Ambassador to Japan Ms. Patricia Flor and the major/governor of Tokyo Ms. Yuriko Koike have attended the meeting and made opening speeches.
One of the reasons for choosing Tokyo as the venue of the EBO WWN 2019 regional meeting has been the recent implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement, the largest and most advanced free trade agreement in the world. During the meeting, the general discussion was focused on the features of the Japanese economy in its maturity stage. Of considerable interest were the discussions on the expansion of the existing sustainable and high-quality cooperation between EU and Japanese businesses in third countries within the framework of the recently signed Connectivity agreement between EU and Japan. In closed sessions and workshops the EBOs have discussed governance, best practices in advocacy and the possibility of regional cooperation among them.
Mr. Francesco Formiconi, EBC Japan’s Executive Director, declared that the meeting was a great success and that the Network showed great growth potential and influence in the undergoing trade treaty negotiations of the EU all around the world.
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