Japan and China agreed Monday on the importance of the global free trade system amid escalating trade friction between China and the United States."We share the recognition that bringing on a trade war would have a huge impact on the prosperity of the global economy," Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono told reporters after a high-level bilateral economic dialogue in Tokyo.China's Foreign Ministry quoted State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi as saying in the dialogue that Japan and China "should jointly oppose trade protectionism and preserve the multilateral trade system.A recent th…READ FULL ARTICLE
