He Sishen: China ’s multilateral strategy to Japan and South Korea is better than bea

Author: He Sishen

U.S. President Trump in Japan and South Korea is negative, and it will undoubtedly create opportunities for Chinese and Korean diplomacy.From July 22nd to 31st, the 27th round of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partner Agreement (RCEP) was held in Zhengzhou, China.Coincidentally, from August 2 to 3, the Minister of RCEP was held in Beijing.The two meetings aim to achieve the process of completing the RCEP negotiations by the end of this year.At the same time, the 20th ASEAN, Japan, and South Korea (10+3) Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand.In addition, it also puts forward 6 suggestions for 10+3 to strengthen cooperation, sworn to promote the completion of RCEP negotiations within the year, and accelerate the construction of the Japan -China -Korea Free Trade Zone.

In addition, on August 10, Le Yucheng, deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Akigon Akigon, Akigon, held a 7 -year -old Japanese -Chinese strategic dialogue in Japan to enhance the mutual trust of both sides and laid the foundation for Japan and China.Zhou Yongsheng, a Japanese expert in the Chinese Foreign Institute, said that strategic dialogue helps to find out the other party's views and attitudes of bilateral, regional and international issues, and lays a policy foundation for ... visit Japan and find policy fit.Aoyama, director of the Institute of Modern China of Waseda University, also believes that the exchanging opinions on the exchanges of various regional issues as a major Asian country is also important for Asian stability.Japan and China need to further strengthen cooperation, adding positive factor that conforms to the trend of the times to the turbulent world.

As the US -China trade dispute is still deadlocked, China actively deployed the multilateral free trade system, and the bilateral structure fighting with Trump's "US first" to create a leverage on the US trade negotiations.Zhang Yunling, a professor at Northeast Asia College of Shandong University, pointed out that the United States has a high asking price for China. This may have been negotiated with RCEP. If China can get a high -level open list for RCEP, it can produce traction effects.Under Trump's "unilateralism", RCEP has the role of restructuring the East Asian manufacturing network and resisting the United States Unilateralist Division.

In addition to RCEP, Japan, China and South Korea FTA are another important multilateral free trade mechanism in East Asian negotiations, and the negotiations of the Xiang Pilot Agreement began in 2010. This period not only has not been affected by the diplomacy of Japan, China, and South Korea.The cooperation between the Three Kingdoms has taken a big step and set up a cooperative secretariat in Seoul to mechanisms to cooperate with Japan, China, and South Korea.Japan, China, and South Korea are the economic core of East Asia. The economic volume chase the United States. Beijing also regards this as a beach headburge that promotes the cooperation between Northeast Asia.

In order to achieve the FTA of Japan, China and South Korea, the Beijing period will normalize the "Japan -China and South Korea Summit". On August 21, Japan, China, and South Korea's foreign ministers gathered in Gubei Water Town, Beijing to negotiate the specific agenda of the summit.On August 22, Prime Minister Li Keqiang of the State Council of the State Council of China held talks with Japan, China and South Korea Foreign Minister. During the talks, the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Kono Kono said that he hoped that the Three Kingdoms would cooperate with future -oriented affairs and maintain communication with Wang Yi.The Three Kingdoms Summit is prepared.In addition, Japan also hopes to prepare for the spring of the next year ... Go to Japan to make preparations for state visits.

As Japan and South Korea's relations were in the lowest tide since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1965, Beijing took up Japan and South Korea and promoted the multilateral free trade system in East Asia. During this, the three groups of bilateral relations between Japan, China, and South Korea also had the opportunity to go on track.Compared with Washington, Beijing's adherence to multilateral strategy is slightly better. Cai Yingwen's "falling to the United States" may make Taiwan a lonely chick in East Asia's integration.

(The author is a special professor of the Japanese Department of Fuln University)