trilateral
adjective
tri·lat·er·al
(ˌ)trī-ˈla-tə-rəl 
-ˈla-trəl
: having three sides or parties
trilateral business ventures
trilateral discussions
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Already on March 30 – after Trump had first raised tariffs on Beijing – China, Japan and South Korea hosted their first economic dialogue in five years and pledged to advance a trilateral free trade agreement.
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Linggong Kong, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
That can be done in part by strengthening the security dimension of increasingly important groupings (the Quad or the trilateral relationship with Japan and Korea).
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
The American carrier strike group took part in a trilateral war game in the East China Sea with the Japanese and South Korean navies from last Monday to last Thursday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Since 2019, for example, China, Iran, and Russia have occasionally conducted joint military exercises in a trilateral format, but these exercises had little strategic relevance.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
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Linggong Kong, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
That can be done in part by strengthening the security dimension of increasingly important groupings (the Quad or the trilateral relationship with Japan and Korea).
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
The American carrier strike group took part in a trilateral war game in the East China Sea with the Japanese and South Korean navies from last Monday to last Thursday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Since 2019, for example, China, Iran, and Russia have occasionally conducted joint military exercises in a trilateral format, but these exercises had little strategic relevance.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
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trilateral
adjective
tri·lat·er·al
(ˈ)trī-ˈlat-ə-rəl
-ˈla-trəl
: having three sides
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