Free trade agreement talks between China, Japan and South Korea gaining speed: Experts

Visitors check out Japanese cosmetics during the recent third CIIE in Shanghai. - Xinhua

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): The formation of the world's largest free trade bloc will spur negotiations on the China-Japan-South Korea free trade agreement and promote economic and trade growth and regional economic integration in East Asia, experts said.

Bai Ming, deputy director of the international market research department under the Ministry of Commerce, said the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement signed on Sunday (Nov 15) marks Japan's first trade deal with both China and South Korea.