Tokyo (Antara Bali) - Ministers from Japan and Southeast Asia agreed Saturday to complete a "roadmap" in August to double trade in 10 years between the world's third largest economy and the rapidly developing region.
The decision was made in Tokyo at a meeting of economic ministers from Japan and the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), according to a joint press statement.
The two sides had first agreed to work towards the plan when they met in August last year. The roadmap will be presented for approval at a meeting of ASEAN and Japanese economic ministers in Cambodia in August, the statement said.
It will focus on areas such as liberalising trade, harmonisation of systems and narrowing development gaps. "ASEAN is an important production base for our country and at the same time it is a market with remarkable growth," Yukio Edano, Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry, told a news conference.(*/M038)
Japan, ASEAN Vow To Complete Trade Roadmap
Pewarta : 28 April 2012 20:32 WIB
