UK Reaches Agreement With Japan on First Post-Brexit Trade Deal

UK Reaches Agreement With Japan on First Post-Brexit Trade Deal
Liz Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade, leaves 10 Downing Street in London on Feb. 13, 2020. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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Britain has secured a free trade agreement with Japan, which is the UK’s first major trade deal after it left the European Union on Jan. 31.

The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was agreed in principle by International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on a video call on Friday.