Japan talks joint carbon trading with Korea
21 May 2010
Japan will hold talks with South Korea to discuss setting up a joint emissions-trading mechanism.
Environment ministers from Japan, China and South Korea will meet in this weekend, spokesmen for the Japanese and Korean ministries said, while declining to give details.
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