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​Japan and EU begin trade talks amid tariff tensions

By Toko Sekiguchi ( June 30, 2017, 10:28 GMT | Insight) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström met in Tokyo on Friday evening to kick off two-day talks on a free-trade agreement, even though market access issues in sensitive areas remain obstacles to a general accord. Japan and the EU make up about one-third of world GDP and overall trading volume, making their economic partnership accord one of the largest free-trade deals.Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström met in Tokyo on Friday evening to kick off two-day talks on a free-trade agreement, even though market access issues in sensitive areas remain obstacles to a general accord....

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