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Business leaders from Japan, China, South Korea urge early free trade pact.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

| May 22, 2011 | COPYRIGHT 2001 BBC Monitoring. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo

Tokyo, 22 May: Business leaders from Japan, China and South Korea called on their governments Sunday [22 May] to conclude a trilateral free trade agreement at an early date so as to further regional economic growth.

"It is essential that we conclude such an FTA [Free Trade Agreement] as early as possible," the top officials of the Japan Business Federation, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Federation of Korean Industries said in a joint statement.

The envisioned FTA "will fill a vital gap" in integrating the East Asian economies and "play a crucial role" in …

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