A screen grab shows China's Premier Li Keqiang (left) clapping as Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan holds up the agreement during the signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact at the online Asean summit in Hanoi on Nov 15, 2020.- AFP
BEIJING (Xinhua): China will step up efforts to expand the free trade area network across the world to enlarge its "circle of friends", according to China's Commerce Minister Zhong Shan.
After signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), China will see the China-Cambodia free trade agreement take effect at the earliest and accelerate investment agreement negotiations with Europe, Zhong said in a signed article published Tuesday (Nov 24) in the People's Daily.
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