The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA, also called Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement, JEFTA) is in force since 1 February 2019 after having been negotiated from 2013 to 2017. The EPA is the EU's largest bilateral free trade agreement, covering 30 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) and 40 percent of global trade. Japan's prime minister at the time,
Shinzō Abe
Shinzo Abe (21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving pri ...
, said the deal signified the creation of "the birth of the world's largest, free, industrialised economic zone".
See also
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Japan–United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Links
Full textin English, French, and German (EUR-Lex)
in Japanese and English (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan)
References
Economy of Japan
Foreign relations of Japan
Foreign relations of the European Union
Free trade agreements
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