EU, Japan seal free trade in signal to Trump

July 6, 2017

Japan and the European Union agreed a free trade pact on Thursday to create the world's biggest open economic area and signal resistance to what they see as U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist turn. Concluded in Brussels on the eve of meetings with Trump at a summit in Hamburg, the "political agreement" between two economies accounting for a third of global GDP is heavy with symbolism.

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Topics: AGRICULTURE BILATERAL INTEGRATION G20 AUTOMOBILES

Regions: JAPAN EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

Authors: REUTERS

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