An employee at a market in Qingdao, Shandong province, stacks crates of fruit imported from Thailand.- Xinhua
BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): Economic complementarity, lower shipping costs and the upcoming Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will substantially expand bilateral trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year, experts and officials said on Wednesday (May 6).
The experts' comments came after the General Administration of Customs said that the Asean had replaced the European Union as China's largest trading partner during the first quarter of this year.
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