Switzerland has reached an agreement on details of a free-trade pact with China and expects to sign a deal in coming months, the country’s economy minister said on Wednesday.
Separate multiparty free-trade talks in Asia backed by China and the United States are generally seen as a rivalry between the world’s two biggest economies, but some experts say the agreements could prove complementary and ultimately converge.
Les négociations entre la Suisse et la Chine en vue d’un accord de libre-échange sont terminées. Les détails du texte ne sont pas encore connus, mais il reste aux deux Etats à prendre les dispositions nécessaires à la signature du texte.
ASEAN trade officials, along with its six partners, kicked off talks on a regional trade agreement in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, on Thursday. The talks began with the establishment of the trade negotiating committee that would discuss various trade and investment issues until next Monday, Trade Ministry director general for international trade cooperation Iman Pambagyo said.
La Unión Europea, que quiere iniciar negociaciones de Tratados de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos, Canadá y Japón, no tiene prisa para sentarse a negociar con China, pese a que es uno de sus principales socios comerciales, informó hoy un responsable europeo.
China has raised concerns about European Union plans to negotiate an ambitious free-trade deal with the United States, fearing it is a protectionist move, a senior EU official said on Tuesday.
Even as it seeks free trade deals with the United States and Japan, the EU sees little near-term prospect of a similar accord with China, one of the bloc’s most important trading partners, a senior EU official said Tuesday.
The long forgotten traditional links including the historic Stilwell Road connecting the North-east and the neighbouring countries have emerged as critical to connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia.
After a vote to block it failed this week, Canada’s controversial investment treaty with China could be ratified any day now. The government says it protects Canadian investments in China. Critics call it a sell-out.
The island known for moving big batches of electronics to world markets is struggling to keep a toehold in Asia politically and economically against rivals that make the same stuff and have more trade deals, writes the business magazine Forbes
The Gillard government has abandoned a comprehensive free-trade agreement with China to focus on a "trimmed-down" agriculture deal, according to The Australian
Chinese political leaders had made the lifting of foreign investment restrictions on state-owned enterprises a non-negotiable condition of any free trade talks with Australia.
La Chine et l’Islande ont signé lundi un Accord de libre-échange à l’issue de l’entretien entre le Premier ministre chinois Li Keqiang et son homologue islandaise Johanna Sigurdardottir.
Iceland became the first European country to sign a free trade agreement with China in a bid to sell its expertise in geothermal energy to the $7.3 trillion Asian economy.
Iceland will become the first European country to sign free trade agreement with China next week, according to Prime Minister of Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir who kicked off her visit to Beijing on Friday.
La signature de l’Accord de libre-échange (ALE) entre l’Islande et la Chine serait "la suite logique de la coopération bilatérale" entre les deux pays, a déclaré jeudi le chef de la diplomatie islandaise.
It is easy to perceive why China is highly apprehensive at the thought of Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This move fits into a complex pattern that has fed China’s paranoia about being encircled.
A bilateral investment treaty should be high on the list of trade priorities for political leaders in the US and China, writes the chairman of American Chamber of Commerce China