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EU to ratify Japan free trade deal on 20 December

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The European Union is set to complete ratification of a free trade agreement with Japan on 20 December, Jyrki Katainen, the EU commissioner in charge of jobs, growth and investment, told a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday. "EU and Japan are doing different from what the United States is doing," he added. The free trade zone will cover 600m people and a third of global GDP.

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