04 Dec 2018 --- From the still-to-be-confirmed EU and UK Brexit deal, so-called trade war truce between the US and China and the oil protests in France, controversial trade issues remain in the spotlight as 2018 draws to a close. And as we head into a new year, trade issues will remain high on the agenda. The EU and Japan have upgraded their strategic partnership with both countries signing a major trade agreement that will make it easier for European companies to export to Japan. This includes eliminating 90 percent of tariffs on more than 90 percent of the EU’s exports to Japan and signals the “dawn of a new era” between the two trading blocs. The proposed agreement is being hailed as a major deal that will ramp up trade relations and comes as turbulent trade issues in other parts of the world continue to dominate.
