Staff writer
Asian and European economic ministers will agree at a meeting in Japan this month to set up a governmental group to address obstacles to the flow of investments between the two regions, officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Sept. 3.
Trade and investment will be one of six major topics on the agenda at the first economic ministers' meeting of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the officials said, requesting anonymity. The ministerial talks are scheduled for Sept. 27-28 in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture.