Representatives from the 11-nation Pacific trade pact the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership meet in Santiago on March 8, 2018. Photo: AFP/Claudio Reyes
Representatives from the 11-nation Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership meet in Santiago in 2018. The UK has since joined the grouping. Photo: Asia Times Files / AFP / Claudio Reyes

Japan and the UK are preparing to hold their first ministerial-level consultation on economic matters on March 7, according to unnamed government sources cited by the Japanese press. Last November, with an eye on incoming US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs, Tokyo and London agreed to launch regular “2+2” meetings between their foreign and economics […]

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