Memo: EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Financial Issues

The annual EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Financial Issues was held in Brussels on 22 April 2009. This year's meeting provided an important opportunity for senior officials from both sides to exchange views on the global financial crisis just a few weeks after the G20 Summit held in London. Both parties agreed to deepen their cooperation striving for more open and competitive financial services markets with a view to a coordinated response to the crisis.