Japan will push initiatives in the international community to realize the early launch of a round of trade liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization, Minister of International Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma said.
"To establish a free trade regime and activate world economic exchange, Japan must assert itself more and cooperate with other countries in proceeding (with efforts to swiftly launch the new round)," Hiranuma, 60, said in a recent interview.
The previous round of talks collapsed in December in Seattle.