China-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation: Process, Challenges and Prospects
Chuanhong Zhang [Professor of College of International Development and Global Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083]
► With the latest 10th China-Japan-ROK(CJK) Cooperation Dialogue in Seoul in 12th October, 2023, the cooperation areas of CJK trilateral cooperation have been expanded from the traditional trade and investment to the science and technology, poverty reduction, climate change, cooperation mode innovation, cooperation evaluation etc.
► Once for a while, the trilateral cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea became stagnant, which made the prospects of integrating the two major markets of Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia and then constructing a unified regional cooperation market difficult to materialize.
►Although the CJK trilateral cooperation has encountered ups and downs, the benefits of cooperation of the three countries are obviously greater than the negative implications of suspicion and prevention.
