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Title:
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ASEAN welcomes China's proposal to further enhance, integrate economic, trade ties
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Author:
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Xinhua
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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September 8, 2017
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Description:
- MANILA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday welcomed China's proposal to synergize the Belt and Road Initiative with the bloc's development strategy to further enhance and integrate China-ASEAN economic and trade ties. In a joint statement issued by the trade ministers from ASEAN member states and China at the end of their meeting, the ministers said that China's Belt and Road Initiative aims "at create trade, financial, and culture networks stretching from East Asia to Europe and beyond, focusing on key areas of industrial development, financial integration and reform, and infrastructure construction."
