Asean wants to wrap up China-led trade deal this year
A Thai police officer at the venue of the 34th Asean Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. The summit will be held from tomorrow to Sunday. – EPA pic, June 21, 2019.
SOUTHEAST Asian leaders are eager to sign a sweeping China-led trade pact by the end of this year, Thailand’s prime minister said today, with further talks expected at a Bangkok summit on the world’s biggest commercial deal. Beijing is seeking to shape the rules of free trade across the Asia-Pacific, as America retreats from multilateral deals under US President Donald Trump.
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