Juncker sees EU-Japan trade expanding by up to $40 bil. with FTA

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said that trade between Japan and the European Union is expected to grow by up to 36 billion euros ($40 billion) following their free trade agreement.The EU-Japan relationship "has never been better," Juncker said Thursday in a written interview with Kyodo News.Juncker is currently attending the two-day Group of 20 summit that began Friday in Osaka amid increasing tensions over the U.S.-China trade conflict."The vast majority of the 1 billion euros of duties paid annually by EU companies exporting to Japan and vice-versa have been remove…READ FULL ARTICLE