Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed)
3:25 pm
Mr. Simon McKeever:
One of our members says it takes about seven years for businesses to enter Japan. It is not just the standards issue; it is how the company does business with the Japanese. They like to get to know people first before they will do business with them. However, standards in Japan are particularly high and stringent.