Economic Partnership Agreement:European Union (EU) and Japan have signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

• It was signed at EU-Japan summit in Tokyo by EU Presidents Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
• It is biggest ever trade deal negotiated by the EU and creates free trade zone covering nearly third of the world’s GDP.
• The key dimensions of the EPA are agricultural exports, services markets, procurement markets, automotive sector, trade and sustainable development and data protection.