U.K. trade chief to visit Japan to sign post-Brexit deal on Fri.

British International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will visit Japan later this week to ink a post-Brexit bilateral free trade agreement, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Truss will sign the deal at a ceremony with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday, setting the stage for domestic ratification procedures as they aim to put the agreement into force next January, the ministry said.The two countries had negotiated the deal as the existing free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union will not cover the United Kingdom beyond December when the Brexit transi…READ FULL ARTICLE