China's Li stresses Asean trade, downplays rows


BEIJING: China's trade with South-East Asia could more than double to US$1tril by 2020, Premier Li Keqiang told regional leaders, downplaying simmering territorial disputes and stressing their "common destiny", the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

Li called for an upgraded version of the free trade deal between the two sides and insisted that "disruptive factors" should not get in the way of regional cooperation.

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