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Wine and spirits to benefit from EU-Japan trade deal
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was agreed in principal at the EU-Japan Summit on 6 July 2017.
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was agreed in principal at the EU-Japan Summit on 6 July 2017.
However it was not formalised until last week, when with trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono announced the successful conclusion of the final discussions on the deal.
It has become the biggest bilateral trade agreement ever negotiated by the European Union, opening up the market on both sides for wine, spirits, whisky and other goods.