Japan fails to win early end to auto tariffs in UK trade deal

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Newly manufactured Honda cars await export in a port in Yokohama. © Reuters

SHOTARO MIYASAKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan and the U.K. will agree to eliminate British tariffs on Japanese autos by 2026, despite a push by Tokyo for an earlier phase out, Nikkei has learned.

The two countries are working toward an agreement in principle on a trade deal by the end of this month, ministers said Friday.

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