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Reviewing the China-Japan-South Korea Summit: A Long Shot Effort To Ease Tensions

May 30, 2024 | 20:41 GMT

(From left to right) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang attend a joint press conference during a trilateral summit on May 27, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea.
(From left to right) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang attend a joint press conference during a trilateral summit on May 27, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea.

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Despite ongoing efforts to improve trilateral ties, South Korean and Japanese economic and security interests will remain largely at odds with those of China, making progress on trade and military cooperation difficult. However, potential leadership changes in the United States and Japan, along with potential economic changes in South Korea, hold a small chance of improving this dim outlook for cooperation between the three countries....

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