So earlier this year, America began discussions on a new regional free trade agreement with Brunei and Chile, New Zealand and Singapore.

因此，在今年年初，美国就开始讨论与文莱、智利、新西兰和新加坡签订一个新的地区自由贸易协定。

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The government tried to enter talks on a regional free-trade agreement last year, but was pushed back by farmers, opposition politicians and even its own party.

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Translation: Japan should give priority to and focus first on the talks being promoted by Beijing to create a regional Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which would closely bind China, Japan, and Korea.

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