China, Japan and South Korea Aim to Resume Free Trade Agreement Talks

(Nikkei Asia) — Japan, South Korea and China held their first summit in over four years on Monday, seeking deeper commercial ties as well as progress in stalled negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hosted Li Qiang, the Chinese Premier, and Fumio Kishida, Japan’s Prime Minister, in Seoul. None of the three was in office for the last three-way gathering in Chengdu, in December 2019, just before the Covid pandemic.