易小准在山东威海召开的中日韩自贸区联合研究会议上说，谈判预计在2012年启动，届时中日韩三国将完成相关联合研究报告。

"I expect the negotiations to start in 2012, when a joint study by the three nations will be concluded," Yi said on a meeting of the FTA joint study Committee in Weihai, Shandong province.

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中日韩三国的人口占全球的22%，三国经济总量占全球的19%，三国外汇储备占全球的47%。中日韩自贸区将成为仅次于欧盟和北美自贸区的世界第三大自贸区。

The three countries make up about 22 percent of the global population, and their combined economies account for 19 percent of the world total and their foreign reserves 47 percent.

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东亚自贸区研究逐步推进，东盟分别同中日韩3国建立了自贸区。

East Asia free trade zone study is carried out steadily and ASEAN has built free trade zones with China, Japan and South Korea respectively.

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