
EU and Japan reach free trade deal
Date: July 6, 2017
Source: BBC by Damian Grammaticas
The European Union and Japan have formally agreed an outline free-trade deal.
- The agreement paves the way for trading in goods without tariff barriers between two of the world’s biggest economic areas.
- However, few specific details are known and a full, workable agreement may take some time.
- Two of the most important sectors are Japanese cars and, for Europe, EU farming goods into Japan.
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