The European Commission welcomed on Friday 31 January the increase in trade between the EU and the Far East country since the implementation of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (see EUROPE B12184A3).
Eurostat figures show a 6.6% increase in trade in the first ten months - better than the results of the last three years combined, the Commission stressed in a press release.
At the time of its ratification, this agreement, which was considered to be of great benefit to the...