The United Kingdom has formally inked a trade deal with Japan, for the first time as an independent country from the European Union (EU), while not even close to striking a deal with its closest trading partners in the bloc.
British Trade Secretary Liz Truss announced the deal at a ceremony in the Japanese capital,
"How fitting it is to be in the land of the rising sun to welcome in the dawn of a new era of free trade,"
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