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Background

The trilateral cooperation process among the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) (CJK) began in 1999 and was further strengthened and institutionalized with the launch of the Trilateral Summit in 2008. Before the CJK cooperation process started, regional cooperation in Asia had been institutionalized and developed under the ASEAN+3 framework launched in 1997 in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. The latest Trilateral Summit, held on May 27, 2024, reaffirmed CJK’s commitment to implementing the Trilateral Cooperation Vision for the Next Decade adopted in 2019, which pointed out that the three countries' long-term target is to achieve economic integration in the region. Furthermore, the “Trilateral + X Cooperation” was promoted at the Trilateral Summit in May 2024 to ensure the benefits of the trilateral cooperation would be extended to other countries so that the three countries can prosper together with other regions.

However, there have been obstacles to economic relations in East Asia; the China-Japan-the ROK Trilateral Free Trade Agreement (CJK FTA) negotiations have been at a deadlock since 2013. In the meantime, Japan led the negotiations for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), signed in March 2018 without China and the ROK. On the other hand, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which entered into force in January 2022, represents the first-ever economic partnership agreement, including CJK. It is expected to step up regional economic cooperation and help accelerate the long-awaited CJK FTA negotiation process, as stated in the Joint Declaration of the Ninth Trilateral Summit.

The TCS will host the 2024 Trilateral Economic Cooperation Seminar with 春雨直播app’s Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) by inviting the authors of the 2024 Trilateral Economic Report and other experts to discuss the research findings and exchange their views on possible measures to deepen economic integration among CJK and ASEAN.

Hosts

Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), 春雨直播app
Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS)

Program

10:00-10:05	Opening remarks LEE Hee-sup, Secretary-General, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat
10:05-10:10	Welcome remarks KAWAGUCHI Daiji, Dean & Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, 春雨直播app
10:10-10:15	Group photo
10:15-11:25	Session I: Economic and trade cooperation in East Asia Moderator: SAWADA Yasuyuki, Professor, Faculty of Economics, 春雨直播app Presentation & discussion: LIU Qing, Deputy Dean & Professor, National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China KAWAI Masahiro, Emeritus Professor, 春雨直播app JEONG Hyung-Gon, Senior Research Fellow, Japan and East Asia Team, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) Archanun KOHPAIBOON, Associate Professor, Thammasat University (online)
11:25-11:40	Break
11:40-12:50	Session II: Trilateral + ASEAN for regional economic integration Moderator: NISHIZAWA Toshiro, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), 春雨直播app Presentation & discussion: ZHANG Jianping, Deputy Director, Academic Steering Committee, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation KUNO Arata, Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Asia University AHN Choong Yong, Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Chung Ang University Dionisius NARJOKO, Senior Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
12:50-	Closing Remarks LEE Hee-sup, Secretary-General, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat