 Four agreements thus far have been signed by the two sides;


On December 8, 2017, Japan and the European Union finalized an Economic Partnership Agreement after an agreement in principle was reached in July 2017.The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement was officially signed on 17 July 2018, becoming the world’s largest bilateral free trade deal, creating an open trade zone covering nearly one-third of global GDP.Japan and the EU are members of the European Union–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the world's largest open economic area, covering a third of the world's economy since 1 February 2019.