China eyes trade talks with Japan, S Korea

China will hold three rounds of trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea this year and step up talks with other trading partners, the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday, as US efforts to seal a trans-Pacific free trade deal gather pace.

Beijing said the first set of talks on a three-way free trade agreement (FTA) with its two neighbours would be staged in Seoul from March 26 to 28.

They will then move to China, with a third leg to be held in Japan, ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said.

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