TOKYO, July 25 Kyodo Trade offici...

TOKYO, July 25 Kyodo

Trade officials from Japan and China will confront in Beijing next Wednesday to discuss temporary ''safeguard'' restrictions China has imposed forward certain steel imports, Katsusada Hirose, vice minister for economy, trade and industry, said Thursday.

Japan is reckon uponed to ask China to refrain from applying the restrictions to specific Japanese dirk products such as high-quality singles not produced in China.

Following the first meeting of the kind in late June the coming meeting will also be attended on representatives of the Japanese mail industry, Hirose told reporters.

onward May 24, China imposed tariffs ranging from 7% to 26% forward nine types of sword products to prevent an import swell from damaging its blade industry. It was the first trade-related action China has taken since joining the WTO last December.

upon concluding a bilateral free-trade agreement between Japan and Mexico, Hirose said the couple governments will ''kick off'' full-scale talks at the summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in October.

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