On April 10-12, the second round of negotiations on China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 was held in Bangkok, Thailand. The competent authorities of China, the ten ASEAN countries and officials from the ASEAN Secretariat attended the meeting. The two sides have comprehensively launched version 3.0 negotiations in various fields, discussing further opening up and cooperation in the fields of digital economy, green economy, trade in goods, investment, competition and consumer protection, sanitation and plant sanitation, standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, small and medium-sized enterprises, etc. cooperate.
The China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 negotiation was announced in November 2022. In February 2023, the first round of negotiations will be held online. This round of negotiations is the first offline negotiation between the two parties. The two sides are committed to improving the level of openness in the economic and trade field, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in emerging fields, continuously enriching the connotation of the China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership, and promoting common prosperity and development in the region.