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July 18, 2018

EU and Japan Sign One of World's Largest Trade Pacts
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The European Union and Japan signed one of the world's largest
free-trade agreements during a meeting of leaders in Tokyo Tuesday. The
trade deal will cover a quarter of the global economy. It comes as the
Trump administration has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum from the
European Union, threatened to incite a trade war with China, and pulled
out of sweeping trade deals like the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.


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