China, Japan, and South Korea Resume Trilateral Talks Amid Regional Friction

China, Japan, and South Korea have agreed to increase cooperation after leaders of the three Asian neighbors held their first summit in more than four years in Seoul. Chinese Premier Li Qiang, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed to “institutionalize” the three countries’ cooperation through holding regular high-level trilateral meetings and ministers’ summits, according to a joint statement issued after a three-way talk on Monday. They also issued separate agreements for cooperation on intellectual property and future pandemic prevention. Speaking at a joint conference following the meeting, Mr. Yoon expressed his hope of swiftly resuming free trade agreement negotiations between the three countries, which have been suspended since 2019....