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China, New Zealand ends ninth round FTA talks
15-Oct-2006 People’s Daily
China and New Zealand have made further progress toward establishing a Free Trade Area (FTA) during the ninth round of negotiations held in Wellington, New Zealand, between Oct. 9-14.
China, South Korea to start FTA talks
14-Oct-2006 UPI
China said Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun agreed to soon start talks on a free-trade area.
Minimum wage free trade deal will meet resistance
9-Oct-2006
Maritime Union of New Zealand General Secretary Trevor Hanson says the Union will resist any attempt to undermine wages and conditions through short term casual workers imported under free trade deals.
New Zealand China FTA negotiations continue
6-Oct-2006
The ninth round of negotiations for a New Zealand China FTA will take place in Wellington during the week beginning 09 October 2006.
A blossoming relationship
4-Oct-2006
The dialogue between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China began in 1991. Few would have then predicted the regional financial crisis or China’s becoming an economic powerhouse in the world within a short decade. Fewer would have imagined the blossoming relationship between Asean and China which now spans the strategic, political, security, economic, financial and socio-cultural spectrum.
Greens wary of deal on Chinese labour
4-Oct-2006
The Greens say temporary work visas as part of a free trade deal with China could erode New Zealand working conditions but business welcomes the idea.
EU to seek bilateral trade deals in Asia as part of policy revamp
4-Oct-2006
The European Commission said it will seek bilateral trade deals, particularly with Asian partners, as part of a policy revamp.
Auto parts sector up against `dumping` from China
4-Oct-2006
Duty concessions offered to some auto components from China under the Bangkok Agreement from September 1 this year have led to Indian companies alleging dumping.
China asks NZ to let workers in as part of free trade agreement
3-Oct-2006
China wants New Zealand to admit skilled workers on temporary permits as part of a planned free trade deal.
China, Chile put free trade agreement into effect
3-Oct-2006
China and Chile’s free trade agreement, which is expected to eventually exempt 97 percent of all trade goods from import tariffs, went into effect on Sunday.
Talks on Chinese free trade deal falter
3-Oct-2006
A meeting between Australia’s new Trade Minister, Warren Truss, and his veteran Chinese counterpart Bo Xilai has failed to advance negotiations on a free trade agreement, throwing into doubt whether a deal can be concluded within a two-year timeline.
Pakistan, China to hold FTA talks on 10th
3-Oct-2006
Pakistan and China are scheduled to hold fourth round of negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Beijing on October 10.
Don’t worry about FTA, says China
3-Oct-2006
Australian manufacturers should not be concerned about a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with China, Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai says.
Auto firms drive protest against free trade pacts
2-Oct-2006
After plantations and agriculture, its now the turn of the auto sector to protest against free trade agreements (FTA).
Beijing nears the barriers in FTA race
2-Oct-2006
For many farmers in both China and Australia, whose agricultural trade experts were attending a conference last Wednesday, rain is a rarity, so longing looks were cast at the muddy streets and umbrellas outside. The conference, focused on the agricultural issues involved in negotiating a Free Trade Agreement, was held in Xian, the ancient capital of 13 Chinese dynasties and the heartland of Chinese agriculture.
China refuses to put cards on trade table
28-Sep-2006
Agriculture minister Peter McGauran’s lightning trip to Xian, home of the famed terracotta warriors, yesterday was to open a joint agriculture conference intended to persuade the Chinese that Australian farmers are no threat to their 800 million peasant counterparts, most of whom are barely above the poverty line and who form a potentially volatile force in Chinese politics.
Nothing cropped from agriculture in Australia-China FTA
28-Sep-2006
All agricultural products remain on the table in talks for a free trade agreement with China - which Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran describes as the "single most important thing" anyone can do for Australia’s farming industry.
Nippon Keidanren urges Abe govt to mend ties with China, S. Korea
27-Sep-2006 Mainchi Daily News
The Japan Business Federation, or Nippon Keidanren, on Tuesday urged the new government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to repair the country’s soured relations with China and South Korea in order for Japan to achieve its goal of concluding an economic partnership agreement with ASEAN, China and South Korea.
African trade links on upsurge
26-Sep-2006
A striking increase in trade and investment between China, India and Africa holds great potential for growth and job creation in the poverty-stricken sub-Sahara, a World Bank study released on Sunday said.
UNICE speech - EU-China Business Summit
22-Sep-2006
Outline intervention by Michael Treschow, Vice-President, UNICE (Confederation of European Business)