In counterweight to China, EU, Japan sign deal to link Asia

The European Union and Japan signed an infrastructure deal on Friday to coordina...

BRUSSELS - The European Union and Japan signed an infrastructure deal on Friday to coordinate transport, energy and digital projects linking Europe and Asia, seeking an alternative to Chinese largesse that has raised suspicion in Brussels and Tokyo.

“Whether it be a single road or a single port, when the EU and Japan undertake something, we are able to build sustainable, rules-based connectivity from the Indo-Pacific to the Western Balkans and Africa,” Abe told an EU-Asia forum in Brussels. Juncker also vowed to help build infrastructure “without mountains of debt” or a reliance “on a single country”.

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