China, Japan Agree to Continue Trade Negotiations WednesdayChina and Japan held talks Tuesday afternoon on the temporary protective measures imposed by Japan on three Chinese farm products and China's special tariffs on Japanese exports to China.According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC), the two sides expressed their respective position in the talks, which was held at the department level. The two sides agreed that they will continue with their talks Wednesday morning. The Chinese delegation, led by Guo Li, director of the Foreign Trade Department of the MOFTEC, is composed of 23 officials from four Chinese ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and MOFTEC and the State Administration of Quality Supervision and Quarantine. The Japanese delegation, led by Tanaka Hitoshi director of the Economic Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is composed of 25 officials from four Japanese ministries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. On April 23 this year, the Japanese side started temporary protective measures against three farm products, the green Chinese onion, fresh mushroom and tatami rushes, which are mainly imported from China. China announced on June 21 that from June 22, it would impose 100 percent punitive tariffs on imports of Japanese made automobiles, mobile phones and air conditioners in response to Japan's discriminative treatment of some Chinese export products. |
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