EU, Japan conclude world’s largest free trade agreement
2017-12-11 09:41:31 source：Asahi Shimbun
December 9, 2017
BRUSSELS--The European Union and Japan concluded negotiations on a free trade deal to create the world's largest open economic area, signaling their rejection of the more protectionist stance of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The two parties, who agreed the outlines of a deal in July, said on Friday negotiators had now finished a legal text that would open up trade for economies making up about 30 percent of global output.
"Japan and the EU will join hands and build a free, fair and rule-based economic zone, which will be a model of an economic order in the international community in the 21st century," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters.
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