Look at the map showing the european union (eu) and its free-trade agreement (fta) countries. which is the reason the eu has free-trade agreements with almost every country on the mediterranean sea?

Having a shoreline makes shipment by sea possible, which is less expensive than over land
North African and Middle Eastern countries can't join the EU since they're not from Europe, and regarding security, it's all the same now since it's not the middle ages any more.

Japan's government is dictatorship.