イスラエルとＥＰＡ検討　車輸出、関税撤廃目指す―政府

　政府は２２日、イスラエルとの経済連携協定（ＥＰＡ）締結を検討するため、双方の産学官関係者で構成する共同研究の場を近く立ち上げる方針を示した。日本から輸出する乗用車にかかる関税（７％）の撤廃を目指す。バングラデシュともＥＰＡに関する共同研究を始める。政府が自民党会合で明らかにした。
　共同研究では、輸出を伸ばしたい品目などそれぞれの国の関心事項について議論する。（2022/11/22-12:13）

The Japanese government will consider concluding an economic partnership agreement for free trade with Israel, officials said Tuesday.
   Japan and Israel will establish a joint research forum of government, industry and academic representatives, the officials told a meeting at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   Tokyo aims to scrap Israel's 7 pct tariff on imports of Japanese passenger cars.
   Over the Israeli car market, Japan faces stiff competition from South Korea. But Japan's competitiveness is expected to decrease markedly as Israel is set to remove its import tariffs on South Korean cars upon the entry into force of the two countries' free trade deal Dec. 1.
   At the LDP meeting, government officials also disclosed a plan to set up a joint research forum on a possible economic partnership deal with Bangladesh.