Barter is the present and the future of international trade, especially for people who is starting in the import export business. Barter and more: Triangular operations.
Developed countries are looking for fresh momentum after the 2008 global financial blow-out morphed into the debt crisis and the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression (1929).
EU and Japan, are talking about a potential FTA (it would suppose 30 percent of global economic output and 40 percent of trade), but there are considerable differences to overcome,
Japan has been stagnated for years since its 'bubble economy' collapsed in the early 1990s.
Further, both are involved with USA, in fact, the US recently gave Japan the green light to enter negotiations on the TPP, and the EU is also about to begin negotiations on FTA with the US while talks are ongoing with Canada , India, and the Mercosur countries of Latin America among others.
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