CEOE accompanies Their Majesties the King and Queen on their State visit to Japan

From Tuesday the 4th to Thursday the 6th of April

Joaquim Gay de Montellà and Narciso Casado will participate in the business events organised as part of this visit and will meet with the Japanese employers' association, Nippon Keidanren.

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El Vice President of CEOE and President of the CEOE International Relations Commission, Joaquim Gay de Montellà and the director of Office of the President, International and Institutional Relations of the same, Narciso Casado Martín, will accompany SS.MM. The Kings during the state visit they are making this week to Japan.

 

From April 4 to 6, both will meet with representatives of the Nippon Keidanren, Japan Business Confederation, and will participate in the business events organized within the framework of the visit of SS.MM. The Kings, such as the twenty-sixth meeting of the Spanish-Japanese Business CommitteeThe main objective of the visit is to strengthen bilateral relations and enhance the presence of Spanish and Japanese companies in third markets.

 

Gay from Montellà and Married Martín They will hold a meeting on Wednesday, April 5 with the president of the Nippon Keidanren Committee for Europe, Yoshio Sato, in order to enhance the bilateral investments and collaboration between companies from both countries to access third markets. They will address issues of common interest, such as the importance of promoting scientific and technological cooperation, in relation to new materials, nanotechnology, Industry 4.0 and the development of Smart CitiesThey will also analyze the status of the negotiations of the free trade agreement between the European Union y Japan, which are already very advanced.

 

On Thursday, April 6, the vice president of CEOE, Joaquim Gay de Montellà, will participate in a working breakfast chaired by His Majesty the King, attended by the main executives of Japanese companies with interests in Spain.

 

Business opportunities

 

From CEOE It is highlighted that the Spanish economy It is one of the most dynamic of the UE, due to the high level of infrastructure or the fact that it is the perfect platform for doing business in Africa e Ibero-America. Furthermore, the high degree of integration of industrial sectors, such as the chemical, pharmaceutical and automotive sectors, is highlighted, thanks to the high level of openness of the economy to the outside. In this sense, CEOE considers that the Spanish and Japanese businessmen “We must convey to our governments the firm conviction that opening our markets and establishing a shared framework of rules is vital to guarantee the growth and prosperity of our respective economies.”

 

Therefore, since CEOE The joint political declaration issued last February by the European Commission and the Japanese government to conclude negotiations on a trade agreement between the UE y Japan before the end of the year.

 

After breakfast with leading Japanese investors, Joaquim Gay de Montellà and Narciso Casado will participate in the meeting of the Spanish-Japanese Business Committee inaugurated by HM King Felipe VI, in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation will participate, alfonso dastis; the Secretary of State for Commerce, Maria Luisa Poncela; Japanese Minister of Economy and Fiscal Policy, Noboteru Ishihara; the president of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Joseph Louis Bonet; the top executives of Japanese and Spanish companies.