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"Japanese officials familiar w/ Tokyo’s bilateral talks with UK said there had been growing frustration w/ the British side ... officials say there have been several occasions when British negotiators have come to the table w/out the necessary specialists" ft.com/content/9cd62b…
"The differences of position, which the Hunt/Fox letter acknowledges as “challenging issues”, centre around Japan’s refusal to accept a simple “cut and paste” of the terms of the EU-Japan agreement ratified last year." ft.com/content/9cd62b…
"Instead, its [Japan's] officials have been told to negotiate as they would any other trade accord, and to seek better terms from the UK than Japan won through its long haggle with the much larger EU." ft.com/content/9cd62b…
