The European Union and Japan on Thursday agreed to a massive free trade pact years in the making, seen by some as a rebuke…
The European Union and Japan on Thursday agreed to a massive free trade pact years in the making, seen by some as a rebuke to President Trump’s protectionist policies ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Germany.
«Ahead of the G-20 summit tomorrow, I believe Japan and the EU are demonstrating our strong political will to fly the flag for free trade against a shift toward protectionism, » Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a news conference in Brussels, according to Reuters .
Abe was joined by EU Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker .
Japan and the EU have been hammering out the trade agreement for four years, according to Reuters. But they accelerated work on the pact after Trump took office and immediately withdrew the U.
