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July 7, 2017

Japan and European Union Agree to Outline of Trade Agreement
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Just ahead of the G20 talks, Japan announced Thursday it will forge a
new trade agreement with the European Union. The deal will cover about a
quarter of the world's economic activity, making it one of the largest
trade agreements ever. It followed the collapse earlier this year of the
sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. In a statement, Greenpeace
blasted the Japan-EU agreement, writing, "This trade deal, and others
like it, smack of corporate protectionism at the expense of democracy
and the environment."


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