BEIJING—China's trade with Southeast Asia could more than double to $1 trillion by 2020, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told regional leaders, downplaying simmering territorial disputes and stressing their "common destiny," state media reported on Wednesday. Li called for an upgraded version of the free trade deal between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and insisted that "disruptive factors" should not get in the way of regional cooperation, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Trade has grown sixfold over the past decade to $400 billion in 2012 between China and the 10-member Asean, it said. But Beijing...
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