Japan–European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA, also called Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement, JEFTA^[1]) is in force since 1 February 2019 after having been negotiated from 2013 to 2017. The EPA is the EU's largest bilateral free trade agreement, covering 30 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) and 40 percent of global trade. Japan's prime minister at the time, Shinzō Abe, said the deal signified the creation of "the birth of the world's largest, free, industrialised economic zone".^[2][3]

Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan

EU (dark green) Japan (orange)
Type	Trade agreement
Signed	17 July 2018
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Effective	1 February 2019
Signatories	European Union Japan

See also

• Japan–United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Links

• Full text in English, French, and German (EUR-Lex)
• Full text in Japanese and English (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan)