Japan and Mexico will hold a two-day meeting in Mexico City to study details of a proposed bilateral free trade agreement, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
The meeting -- starting Wednesday -- will address ways to improve Mexico's investment and business environment, cooperation in the resources and energy field, and other issues, the ministry said.
The meeting is the third of its kind and another three are planned in 2002. A report will be compiled before the summer to recommend that both governments begin formal negotiations, it said.
Public- and private-sector experts have been working to draw up proposals for a free-trade agreement that will be part of wider economic cooperation between the two nations.
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