On Tuesday 21 March, EU leaders – the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker – and the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, during the latter’s visit to Brussels, confirmed the commitment of the two parties to conclude negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Japan and a strategic partnership agreement before the end of this year.
Mr Tusk asserted before the meeting that, “the EU is fully committed...