As the year 2004 draws near to a choke high level meetings between officials of the European Union (EU) and Japan remain at an impasse onward a formula for breaking the deadlock from one side of to the other ITER siting.

As the year 2004 draws near to a choke high level meetings between officials of the European Union (EU) and Japan remain at an impasse onward a formula for breaking the deadlock from one side of to the other ITER siting. The other ITER Parties (China, Russia, Republic of Korea and the U S) have been pressuring the EU and Japan to negotiate an agreement forward the site on a bilateral basis and to bring that agreement back