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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the ASEAN-Japan Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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A total of 500 parallel-import SUVs of Toyota are lined up at a port in Shenzhen city, south China's Guangdong province, 10 April 2019. China's plan to expand its pilot parallel-import program in free trade zones will offer customers more choices and further open up its automotive industry. The State Council, China's cabinet, announced late last month that all China's 12 free trade zones should be allowed to pilot the parallel-import program. Meanwhile, the free trade zones are encouraged to offer bonded storage for such imports, according to the newspaper.No Use China. No Use France.

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People wearing face mask commute to work after Golden Week holidays (annual Japanese consecutive holidays) amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Osaka, Japan (Photo: Reuters/The Yomiuri Shimbun).

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