EU and Japan sign free trade deal

Both sides hope wide-ranging agreement will act as counterweight to Trump’s protectionist forces

Donald Tusk, Shinzo Abe and Jean-Claude Junker sign the trade deal on Tuesday
(Image credit: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan and the European Union have signed a wide-ranging free trade agreement that both sides hope will act as a counterweight to the protectionist forces unleashed by US President Donald Trump.

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