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China signs zero-tariff trade deal with Senegal
19-Oct-2008
China signed Friday a trade deal with Senegal to offer zero-tariff treatment to more than 400 categories of goods imported from Senegal.
Acting Chief Justice attends forum in China
16-Oct-2008
Acting Chief Justice/High Court Judge, Justice Datin Paduka Hayati of Brunei Darussalam Supreme Court represented Brunei at the China-Asean High-Level Judges Conference on the invitation of the President of the High People’s Court of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was the
India, Brazil and South Africa should gang up with China
15-Oct-2008 IPS
The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) formation could have enough clout to stand up to the European Union and the US but it needs the help of emerging superpower China. Alternatively it should align with the BRIC (Brazil-Russia-India-China) group.
Chinese medicine industry regarded as important element under Economic Partnership framework
11-Oct-2008
The 3rd Chinese Medicine Regional Co-operational Symposium yesterday began at the Macau Tower where Bi Zhijian, chief of the Economic and Trade Committee of Guangdong province said that the Chinese medicine industry was one of the important items within the CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement) framework.
India, China complete FTA feasibility study: Minister
11-Oct-2008 India PR Wire
India and China have completed a feasibility study on their proposed Free Trade Agreement. It now awaits the approval of the leadership of the two countries.
Little scope for Europe-Asia FTAs
8-Oct-2008 IPS
Plans to conclude free trade agreements (FTAs) between the European Union and several Asian economies are unlikely to be realised in the near future, a senior Brussels official has conceded.
Toxic food crisis outcome of free trade policies
25-Sep-2008 Scoop
The Fonterra scandal in China has evolved into a major food crisis. "We are seeing the reality of free trade in action, the negatives that have been concealed by the greed and arrogance of Government and private business interests," says the New Zealand Alliance Party
Pak-China 4th-round of negotiations on FTA in service sector successfully completes
20-Sep-2008
The 4th round of negotiations on FTA in service sector to make the existing FTA more comprehensive has been successfully completed,
Fonterra caught in China milk powder scandal
15-Sep-2008 Epoch Times
New Zealand’s dairy giant Fonterra is caught up in the latest food scandal in China as the contaminated milk powder crisis reveals weeks of delay before the public was informed. NZ Green Party co-leader Russel Norman said “We signed up for a free trade agreement with no rules around environment or health, and so we are exposing ourselves and our companies to these types of scandals.”
China, Singapore agree on free trade accord
5-Sep-2008
China and Singapore concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement, China’s first with another Asian country, news reports said Friday. The agreement, finalised in talks this week between Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan in the northern coastal Chinese city of Tianjin, is likely to be signed at the Asia Europe Meeting Summit in Beijing Oct 24-25.
China-Singapore: Free trade accord reached
5-Sep-2008 ST
The bilateral FTA is broader and deeper than the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement, whose investment component still remains to be settled.
Singapore, China announce successful conclusion of FTA talks
5-Sep-2008 Channel News Asia
Singapore and China have successfully completed negotiations for the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA). It is the first comprehensive bilateral Free Trade Agreement concluded by China with an Asian country.
ASEAN, China make substantive progress on investment pact
28-Aug-2008 Xinhua
The Southeast Asian bloc and China announced here Wednesday that they made substantive progress in the negotiations on the bilateral investment pact which is expected to be signed at the Bangkok Summit in December this year.
Peru-China free trade negotiations could close in November
27-Aug-2008 LIP
Peru’s minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Mercedes Aráoz, considered today the possibility that negotiations with China in order to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could end in November.
Junta benefits from regional economic tug-of-war
20-Aug-2008 Mizzima
India and ASEAN have announced that talks on services and investment are set to commence next month ahead of a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) to be signed later this year. This latest step in deepening regional economic integration is further evidence of an ever expanding matrix of competing regional economic interests, which Burma finds itself at the heart of.
Peru, China to speed up bilateral free trade negotiations
31-Jul-2008 LIP
Peru and China will speed up talks on reaching a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between both countries to have a pact signed before November this year, said the country’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Mercedes Araoz on Wednesday.
Hong Kong, China expand free-trade agreement
29-Jul-2008 Reuters
Hong Kong expanded a free-trade deal with mainland China on Tuesday in an agreement that includes giving mining and exploration companies and related services easier access to the Chinese market.
China FTA bill passes final reading
24-Jul-2008 Scoop
Trade Minister Phil Goff says the passing in Parliament today of the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement Bill will bring the FTA into force on 1 October and represents an historic advance in New Zealand’s trading relationships.
East Asia Summit explores free trade area prospects
23-Jul-2008 The Hindu
The East Asia Summit, a “leaders-driven forum” with India, as also China and Japan in its fold, “is studying the feasibility of a free trade area among its 16 countries.”
New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement Bill
23-Jul-2008 Scoop
How is it that in a land with such a shameful history of exclusion and institutional racism against the Chinese, the NZ Government is suddenly bending over backwards to become party to a free trade agreement with China?, the Maori Party asks