Pact 'should be done by 2015'

Negotiators say success will depend on quality of free trade agreement

Negotiators from China, Japan and South Korea called for the conclusion of a comprehensive trilateral free trade agreement by the end of 2015, officials said on Monday.

"The three sides all agreed to accelerate the China-Japan-South Korea FTA negotiations, and we expect to conclude sooner than the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership)," Assistant Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen said on the sidelines of the fifth round of China-Japan-South Korea FTA negotiations, which started on Monday.