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Taiwan Solidarity Union rejects China’s latest olive branch as ‘old trick’
7-Jan-2009 Visit China
The proposed signing of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with China will force Taiwan to follow the Hong Kong and Macau model, which will ultimately downgrade Taiwan to the level of a local government, subordinate to Beijing, says the pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union
ASEAN tightens up to ride China’s rise
17-Dec-2008 Asia Times
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a new joint charter on Monday that establishes mutual rules and commitments, moving the 41-year-old grouping one step closer to becoming a unified economic bloc.
China Calls for Immediate Free Trade Talks with S. Korea
13-Dec-2008
China Saturday called for an immediate opening of free trade talks with South Korea.
MAC chairwoman says Taiwan should not sign CEPA with China
3-Dec-2008
Taiwan and China should not be signing a Closer Economic Partnership Agreement such as the one between Beijing and Hong Kong, Mainland Affairs Council chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan said yesterday.
China-Singapore FTA (2008)
29-Nov-2008
Turkey in the straw
28-Nov-2008 Watermelon Blog
I rarely go into town these days, and when I have to I try to make the trip worthwhile by doing as many things as I can while I’m there. Kevin Rudd obviously thinks the same way, because when he goes off to these conferences overseas he tries to pack a lot in.
Hu’s LatAm trip expands China’s profile in US backyard
24-Nov-2008 AFP
Chinese President Hu Jintao has left Latin America with one free trade agreement in hand, another in the works and a deeper Chinese footprint in a region long seen as the US backyard.
Peruvian business leader hails conclusion of FTA talks with China
20-Nov-2008
The chief of a leading Peruvian business group on Thursday hailed the conclusion of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between Peru and China.
Chinese ’Bill Gates’ booed by angry Peruvian textile workers
20-Nov-2008 AFP
Jack Ma, a Chinese web entrepreneur sometimes called his country’s "Bill Gates", was Wednesday jeered by angry Peruvian textile workers who saw him as the negative personification of a China-Peru free trade agreement.
China and Peru sign free trade agreement, extending Asian influence in Latin America
20-Nov-2008 Money Morning
China and Peru signed a free trade agreement today (Wednesday) that will pave the way for further cooperation between the two countries and broaden China’s influence in Latin America.
China, Costa Rica to launch trade talks
18-Nov-2008 AP
China and Costa Rica will launch free trade talks in January and hope to seal a deal by 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Monday during his first visit to a Central American country.
China seeks to cement trade clout with Latin America
18-Nov-2008 Guardian
Hu Jintao and scores of business people sweep through Latin America to reinforce Beijing’s economic power in the region
Australia and China to speed up free trade deal talks
18-Nov-2008 The Australian
Kevin Rudd said he could not set a deadline for the completion of an FTA with China, but that the depth of the financial crisis had hardened their mutual determination to seal a deal.
China, Peru to ink trade deal as Hu visits Americas
12-Nov-2008
China and Peru are poised to sign a free trade agreement when the Chinese president visits Latin America this month, a sign of the growing ties between the Asian economic giant and the resource-rich countries whose exports it needs.
Policies fuelled by greed
11-Nov-2008 The Star
Although it is a member of the developing nations or what is known as the Global South, China’s emergence as an economic superpower has generated mixed reactions from its Asian neighbours.
FTAs with China, Malaysia worsen Pak trade imbalance
6-Nov-2008
Pakistan has so far signed three Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), of which trade balance with two countries is in negative while the remaining one shows marginal growth.
Pak, China to seal FTA on services
28-Oct-2008
Islamabad-Pakistan and China will hold final talks in December to seal Free Trade Agreement on services sectors.
China, Singapore sign free trade pact
23-Oct-2008
China and Singapore on Thursday signed a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) ahead of the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held in Beijing on October 24-25.
A sign of greater openness
22-Oct-2008
The landmark free trade agreement (FTA) to be inked betweeen Singapore and China on Thursday is a sign of Beijing’s commitment to greater openness with its partners despite the current difficulties in global trade talks, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Singapore, China to sign free trade pact in Beijing
22-Oct-2008
Singapore and China will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in Beijing during a visit there this week by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the city-state’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.