Big opportunity for food exporters lies in Japan

Our most important market in Asia is currently creating headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Big opportunity for food exporters lies in Japan
Mon, 07 Jan, 2019 - 00:00
John Whelan

Our most important market in Asia is currently creating headlines for all the wrong reasons.

This is not good news for businesses trading with Japan, the biggest buyer of Irish-produced services in Asia and second only to China as a buyer of Irish-made goods.

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