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• Position: Update - Brief Article

Japan and South Korea are in the final stages of preparations for talks on a free-trade agreement, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun may agree to proceed with the talks when the leaders meet in Bangkok, Thailand this month. The newspaper said under the current plan, Japan and South Korea would remove trade restrictions, such as tariffs, over 10 years...