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LET'S MAKE A DEAL

The Story

The EU and Japan just shook hands on a major trade agreement.

Give me the lowdown.

The deal creates an open-trade zone between the two. And waves goodbye to almost all tariffs between them. Everything from wine and cheese from the EU to cars and electronics from Japan. It's expected to save companies in the EU a little over $1 billion a year. Not too shabby.

Tell me more, tell me more...

The deal's been in the works for years. The EU and Japan reached an agreement about a year ago - a few months after the US pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP for short: the trade deal for Pacific Rim countries that Japan is also part of). The two trade partners signed on the dotted line yesterday. Now it's up to their parliaments to give it the thumbs up before it can take effect - which could be next year.

Why should I care?

This is being called the largest bilateral trade deal ever - and Japan and the EU produce almost a third of the world's GDP. And both used the opportunity to make some not-so-subtle digs at President Trump.

Why?

Because he's not a fan of trade deals. He pulled the US out of the TPP. He's threatened to ditch NAFTA. And he's been slapping tariffs on everyone from China to the EU. He says this will help US workers by bringing jobs back to the states. Many lawmakers say this will hurt the US economy overall. The IMF says trade wars could cost the world economy billions of dollars.

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This was a show of force by Japan and the EU. And their way of telling the US 'we're moving on without you.'

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