China, ASEAN start building free trade area
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China, Japan, ROK adopt co-op strategy Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea adopted an action strategy on trilateral cooperation following a meeting in Vientiane Monday. The three countries will further cooperation in education, science and technology, environmental protection, trade and investment, the document said.
ASEAN recognizes China as a full market economy The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) declared Monday that it now recognizes China as a full market economy. This is the first such declaration from the 10-member organization and came at the eighth summit between ASEAN and China during the signing of a trade agreement between the parties.
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