On Friday 8 December, the EU and Japan announced the finalisation of the details of their economic partnership agreement, which had been the subject of an agreement in principle on 6 July (see EUROPE 11823).
European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and Japan's Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono said the final discussions had ended successfully at the end of the last discussion session in Brussels.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker then called on Japan's Prime...