Japan businesses hope U.K. and EU will swiftly conclude trade pact

Japanese businesses are hoping the United Kingdom and the European Union will swiftly forge a free trade agreement following the country's exit from the bloc on Friday, as a failure to do so could adversely affect their operations in Europe.They are concurrently asking the Japanese government to strike an FTA with the United Kingdom as the Japan-EU trade pact, setting rules on investments and tariffs, is no longer applicable to trade relations between Tokyo and London."The government is set to discuss with the United Kingdom a new trade deal but talks depend on how negotiations with the Eur…READ FULL ARTICLE