(VOVworld) – Japanese Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and hí Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng held talks on Saturday in the sidelines of the Trade Ministers’ Meeting of the 20^th APEC Summit in Qing Dao, China. The two ministers agreed to boost bilateral economic relations and increase cooperation in energy conservation and service supply. This was the first ministers’ meeting between the two countries in China after bilateral relations worsened because of territorial disputes.