Japan and the European Union Forge a Major Trade Deal
Submitted by Ferguson Financial Inc. on July 17th, 2017
What are the implications of this new treaty?
On July 6, the eve of a G-20 summit, a global trade pact planned for four years took a major step toward reality. In Brussels, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and European Council President Donald Tusk unveiled a sweeping free trade treaty strengthening economic ties between east and west.1
