After the China-Australia FTA negotiations were restarted last year, the Japan-Australia FTA has also resumed. Maybe a break was for the best, certainly demonstrated that Australia can wait.
More interesting, after Kevin Rudd trip to Japan last year and the positive sounding he got on the FTA, there is evidence that Japan is trying serious to get the negotiations up.
Maehara Seiji in his recent speech to Diet on Foreign Policy (here) called for early conclusion to negotiations with Australia. Maybe by the end of this year we will have the framework agreement in place.
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