FILE PHOTO: Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi arrives for a trilateral meeting with South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, February 15, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain struck its first post-Brexit trade deal with Japan on Friday, hailing the agreement as a "historic moment", just as it is struggling to clinch a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union.
Britain said the deal, which had been agreed in principle, meant 99% of its exports to Japan would be tariff-free.
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