Japan hopes Mexico does not really intend to discontinue ongoing negotiations for a free-trade agreement by the end of March as it proposed last week, both the trade and foreign ministers said Tuesday.
“We do not intend to cut off the talks from our side and also hope that Mexico is not serious about cutting off the negotiations (by the deadline),” Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said at a news conference.
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