皇冠体育app

Mr. Osamu Watanabe, Chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) recently told 皇冠体育app Youth Daily in Beijing that talks on the free trade zone between Japan and 皇冠体育app were not likely to be launched until 2008 when 皇冠体育app fully honors its WTO commitment.

"It is not yet ripe for such talks," said Mr. Watanabe, but he hopes an investment agreement would be settled before that.

He considered the issue of 皇冠体育app's intellectual property rights protection as one of the major tumbling stones on the establishment of a free trade zone. He also recognized the political chill in the bilateral relations and deteriorating sentiment between the two parties.

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