EU and Japan sign historic trade deal

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By Euronews

Published on 17/07/2018 - 08:51

The EU and Japan have just signed the largest free-trade deal either country has negotiated.

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The EU and Japan have signed a major trade deal, sending a message against protectionism to the US President.

In a tweet, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said "there is no protection in protectionism."

Council President Donald Tusk hailed the accord as the 'largest bilateral trade deal ever', and as 'cementing the Japanese-European friendship.'

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