China
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18-Feb-2019 El Salvador
República de China Popular abierta a TLC con El Salvador
“El mercado de China está abierto al azúcar salvadoreño”, así lo aseguró la Embajada de la República Popular China en El Salvador mediante un comunicado de prensa girado a esta redacción.
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18-Feb-2019 Clyde & Co
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its two Latin American gateways
Chile and Panama offer China two important physical entry points into Latin America. Chile features an attractive legal framework for the protection of Chinese investments in the country. Panama is following suit. A ripple effect in the region is foreseeable.
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13-Feb-2019 El Salvador
Acuerdo con China Popular obligó a El Salvador a cancelar el TLC con Taiwán
El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cancillería) admitió este martes que la apertura de relaciones diplomáticas con China Popular condicionaba a El Salvador a terminar todos los tratados previos firmados con Taiwán.
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13-Feb-2019 Euractiv
Les négociations commerciales UE-Afrique avancent poussivement
Les négociateurs font du sur-place, alors que l’accord actuel entre l’UE et les 79 pays d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique (ACP) expire en mai 2020.
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13-Feb-2019 Euractiv
Cotonou successor: EU-Africa relations at the crossroads
Negotiators are hoping to break the back on talks for the successor to the Cotonou Agreement, which expires in May 2020, between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).
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13-Feb-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
China-backed coal projects raise heat in Pakistan
China-backed coal plants are raising environmental concerns locally.
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12-Feb-2019 People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty
Corporate sector in China’s Belt & Road: Impact on people’s access to land and water
China has been receiving flak for its conditional investments and loans that are resulting in land and resource grabbing in Asia and Africa.
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10-Feb-2019 NewsIn Asia
Fate of Maldives-China FTA uncertain as Male loosens ties with Beijing
The Maldives-China Free Trade Agreement (MCFTA) is in limbo as the new Maldivian government is looking into all deals, including the MCFTA, entered into by the previous regime.
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10-Feb-2019 Business Recorder
China, Pakistan inching towards BoP deal, FTA-II
China and Pakistan are reportedly inching towards a deal on Balance of Payment (BoP) support with commercial loans and the second phase of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) expected to be finalised prior April, 2019
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10-Feb-2019 The Korea Herald
Korea-China-Japan FTA still long way to go
South Korea, Japan and China are making slow progress on FTA negotiations amid contentious issues involving each country’s interests.
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31-Jan-2019 The Express Tribune
Amended FTA with China to be finalised in mid-Feb
In order to improve Pakistan-China trade relations, amendments to the FTA will be finalised in mid-February dialogue between the two sides
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30-Jan-2019 Xinhua
Chinese envoy calls for more flexible approach in investment treaty talks with EU
China and the European Union could take a more flexible approach by setting phase-based targets in bilateral investment treaty negotiations.
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25-Jan-2019 El Comercio
Mincetur: en abril se iniciarán reuniones para optimizar TLC entre Perú y China
El TLC entre Perú y China entró en vigencia el 01 de marzo de 2010, el titular del Mincetur aseguró que de enero a noviembre del 2018, el comercio bilateral creció 15%, superando los US$ 20.000 millones.
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24-Jan-2019 Khmer Times
Premier pushes for FTA with China
Cambodian Prime Minister urged China to consider entering a free trade agreement with the Kingdom to spur trade and investment between the two nations.
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23-Jan-2019 Out-Law
China and Tunisia sign belt and road agreement
Tunisia seeks a meaningful engagement with BRI, to develop its infrastructure and open up trade with China and Africa in order to expand and diversify its trading partners which is currently dominated by Europe.
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23-Jan-2019 Xinhuanet
China’s Hong Kong seeks Belt and Road opportunities under FTA with Georgia
The government of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) expects more Belt and Road opportunities with the Georgia with help of the FTA.
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23-Jan-2019 Business Standard
India raises trade deficit, discusses RCEP with China
India raised with China its concerns over the widening trade deficit and doubts over the Beijing-proposed free trade pact, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
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22-Jan-2019 The Siasat Daily
Maldives’s debt to China creates difficulties for Solih
The Maldives incurred huge debts and the amount owed to China is still being assessed given that the pitfalls of China’s influence over the Maldivian economy.
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9-Jan-2019 The Korea Times
China call for Korea’s role on One Belt, One Road project
China call for Korea to linking the bilateral FTA with the One Belt One Road initiative
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2-Jan-2019 MENAFN
EU’s investment court may be bump in China’s Belt and Road plan
The EU has proposed to reform the investor-state-dispute-settlement system, a move that could further complicate negotiations with China over a bilateral investment agreement, as well as their dialogue on the Belt and Road Initiative’s implementation in Europe.
