China, Japan and South Korea held their tenth round of talks on the trilateral free trade deal in Seoul on Monday.

Representative of China Wang Shouwen,China's Vice Commerce Minister, poses for a photo with Japan's deputy foreign minister for economic affairs Keiichi Katakami and South Korean Deputy Trade Minister Kim Hak-do before their trilateral talks in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on June 27, 2016. [Photo: Xinhua]

Representative from the three countries are discussing issues including goods and services trading, and investments during the day and a half meeting. The negotiations on the FTA were launched in November 2012.

The three trade partners say a China-Japan-South Korea free trade agreement would integrate the regional value chain, and boost economic development in the region.