The Second Round of the Negotiation on the Trilateral Investment Agreement among the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea

July 30, 2007
Japanese

The second round of the negotiation on the Trilateral Investment Agreement and the Seventh Consultation on the Improvement of Business Environment among the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea will take place on July 31 (Tue) and August 1 (Wed) in Cheju Island, the Republic of Korea.
The negotiation will be attended by Mr. Masashi Mizukami, Deputy Director General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chief Negotiator of Japan) and Mr. Seiichi Nagatsuka, Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and other officials from relevant ministries of Japan; and Mr. Sun Peng, Deputy Director-General, Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce (Chief Negotiator of China) and other officials of China; and Mr. Chung Man-young, Advisor for Trade Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Chief Negotiator of Korea) and other officials of Korea, will participate.
At the forthcoming negotiation, the participants will discuss draft articles of this agreement which was proposed by Japan in the first round, and other matters.

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