Japan, Turkey to Begin Free Trade Talks in Dec.

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan and Turkey will launch talks in December to conclude a bilateral economic partnership agreement for free trade, it was learned Thursday. In January this year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then prime minister of Turkey and now its president, agreed to begin EPA talks. Japan plans to demand Turkey remove its tariffs on automobiles, electric machinery and other industrial goods, while Turkey is expected to seek to expand farm product exports to Japan. END