EU and Japan Trade Agreement

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EU and Japan Trade Agreement

The European Union and Japan agree a free trade deal.

Presumably this agreement will strengthen the EU leadership and leave the UK on the outside of the benefits. European council president Donald Tusk and European commission president Jean-Claude Junker must be delighted. All leaders hail this agreement as a show of political will against protectionism and isolationism.  The agreement took four years to reach.

Does it give the EU extra bargaining strength when it comes to the UK and BREXIT negotiations?

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