Bangkok: South-East Asian leaders are eager to sign a sweeping China-led trade pact by the end of this year, Thailand’s prime minister said, 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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