China’s vice-minister of commerce has thrown his support behind Hong Kong joining the world‘s biggest free-trade deal to expand cooperation with other Asian countries amid the economic turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic, with the city’s leader hoping to begin accession talks “at the earliest opportunity”.Hong Kong’s accession to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – a China-led trade pact between 15 countries, seen as a counterweight to US influence in the region – was…
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