Japan and EU to sign trade deal eliminating nearly all tariffs

Yuri Kagema, Press Association

The European Union and Japan are signing a widespread trade deal that will eliminate nearly all tariffs, seemingly defying worries over trade tensions triggered by US president Donald Trump's policies.

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