China and Japan have vowed to take their relationship to the “next level” after their leaders met ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged in their June 27, 2019, meeting that they will work together to safeguard multilateralism and free trade. Xi also confirmed he will make a state visit to Japan in spring 2020. Despite stronger Sino-Japanese ties and concerns about the impact on Japan of unilateral trade measures…