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正China, South Korea and Japan consider free trade agreement China, South Korea and Japan agreed to launch formal negotiations on a trilateral free trade area (FTA) later this year. The decision was announced at the Fifth Trilateral Summit Meeting among the three major East Asian economies on May 13 in Beijing. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak attended the meeting. At a press conference following the meet-

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