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<p>We welcome the recent signature of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
(EPA). The UK and Japan are natural allies for free trade, and last year total bilateral
trade reached £28bn, a 14.8% increase from the previous year.</p><p>Last year, our
Prime Ministers agreed to ‘elevate our security and prosperity partnership to the
next level’ as the UK leaves the EU. As my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for
International Trade agreed with his counterparts during his recent trip to Japan,
we will take this forward by using the current EU-Japan EPA as a basis for a new and
stronger partnership.</p><p> </p>
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