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Ref. Ares(2017)4601140 - 20/09/2017
Ref. Ares(2018)4014499 - 30/07/2018
Update meeting
Meeting date and place
Meeting held on 18/09/2017 in Charlemagne 
Participating organisation(s) & representative(s)
Geir ULLE  - International Trade Director - JT International Holding B.V. (TRN: 71175716023-03) 
Main issues discussed
Japan Tobacco International Holding B.V. (JTI) representatives requested this meeting to discuss pending FTA negotiations and an
upcoming ILO Governing Body meeting. The latter issue was not discussed because the JTI representative in charge of this file did not
attend. 
At the request of JTI, COM outlined prospects for Free Trade negotiations with Mercosur, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia,Australia/New
Zealand, and explained the state of play on Japan and USA.
Also, the WTO Ministerial December 2017 and Brexit were touched upon briefly.
In the context of Mercosur and Mexico negotiations, JTI expressed its support for tariff liberalisation and shared some concerns on rules of
origin. COM invited JTI to submit their concerns in writing.
Directorate or unit
TRADE D/3 
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Author(s) of minutes
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Validator and validation date
 validated the minutes on 20/09/2017 
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Minutes generated by EMT (Id 3707)
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