S Korea, Japan, China To Hold Third Round Of FTA Talks

Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shen Danyang has confirmed that the third round of talks on the proposed tripartite free trade agreement (FTA) between China, Japan and South Korea, will be held on November 26-29, 2013, in Japan.

He disclosed that, after further preparatory meetings held between the parties on October 22-23 that mainly covered the framework for discussing market access matters, the three countries agreed to hold the third round of FTA negotiations and expressed the hope that the agreement could be concluded as soon as possible.