EU And Japan Strike Trade Deal, Call It 'Strong Message To The World'

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NPR - 7/6/2017 - Merrit Kennedy - The European Union and Japan have reached an agreement in principle for a new free trade deal, set to lower barriers to trade between two of the world's most important economic powers. The Economic Partnership Agreement signed in Brussels on Thursday comes after 18 negotiating rounds over four years. It is, on its surface, "a deal easing the flow of cheese in one direction and cars in the other," as The Economist writes. Read more @ http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... -the-world