20/12/2018 (Agence Europe) – The Council of Ministers announced on Thursday 20 December on Twitter that the last step in the ratification procedure of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan had been completed, as the Council had adopted the decision to conclude the ‘JEFTA'. As the European Parliament gave its approval to the agreement by a large majority on 13 December last (see EUROPE 12159, 12160) and the Japanese Diet also approved the agreement,...