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Japan and the EU "are tied deeply together by a mutual commitment to maintain an open, free and fair global trading system," EU Council chief Tusk (c) said, with Japan's Abe (l) and Commission chief Juncker (r). (Photo: Council of the EU)

EU and Japan to protect world order through free trade

EU and Japanese leaders committed on Tuesday (21 March) to conclude a trade deal "as soon as possible" in an effort to defend a world order disrupted by the new US administration.

"We remain united by our common values of liberal democracy and the rule of law as the core principles of the rules-based international order," European Council president Donald Tusk said before meeting Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in Brussels.

He noted that Japan and the EU "are tied deeply togeth...

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Japan and the EU "are tied deeply together by a mutual commitment to maintain an open, free and fair global trading system," EU Council chief Tusk (c) said, with Japan's Abe (l) and Commission chief Juncker (r). (Photo: Council of the EU)

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