U.K.‘s May Seeks to Preserve Gains From EU-Japan Trade Deal

„There‘s obviously a number of trade deals that the EU has with other countries and we are looking at the possibility of those being able to brought over certainly as initial trade deals with the United Kingdom,“  May told reporters Wednesday on a flight to Japan ahead of a three-day trip. „That I think will give business certainty which is what business wants at the point at which we leave.“

Her lofty goal of convincing the world‘s third-biggest economy to use its trade deal with the EU as a basis for a future agreement with Britain comes as North Korea sours the mood with its latest missile tests. May will sit down with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Emperor Akihito and military and business officials, as she seeks to offer a key Asian ally and trade partner the kind of reassurances her top diplomat failed to do when he visited last month.