Last night students from University of British Columbia and Hitotsubashi University attended a negotiation simulation orientation to prepare them for the actual simulation starting this Sunday, August 21st. Spirits are lively, as students finally found out which team they would represent and started to delve into preliminary talks with their team memebers to address areas of interest within the prospective EPA. I wish all participants the best of luck, especially the two team leaders, Kentaro Morita (Team Japan) and Yongmin Lee (Team Canada).