London (CNN Business)Weeks after the Brexit vote in June 2016, Japan urged the United Kingdom to negotiate its EU divorce quickly and transparently to protect business.
Uncertainty would cause market volatility and reduce trade and investment, Japan warned. If the United Kingdom failed to secure a Brexit deal that protects trade, its companies could leave the country.
“What Japanese businesses in Europe most wish to avoid is the situation in which they are unable to discern clearly the way the Brexit negotiations are going, only grasping the whole picture at the last minute,” the government wrote in a 15-page memo.
