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Hong Kong and Peru conclude talks on free-trade pact, finance minister says
26-Jul-2024 South China Morning Post
The deal, which would be ninth such pact Hong Kong has in place, also covers investment and intellectual property.
India’s China loophole concerns fuel Asean free trade deal rethink
22-Jul-2024 South China Morning Post
New Delhi’s review of zero-duty tariffs under its trade pact with Asean comes amid domestic concerns about cheap Chinese imports.
Papua New Guinea seeks free trade talks with Japan, PM says
18-Jul-2024 Nikkei Asia
Japan and Papua New Guinea have discussed the path toward a potential free trade agreement, PNG Prime Minister James Marape said.
China, Switzerland to start talks for FTA upgrade ASAP
3-Jul-2024 Xinhua
China and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding and agreed to officially start negotiations for the upgrade of the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement as soon as possible, according to Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
China-Serbia free trade agreement to take effect on July 1
1-Jul-2024 Xinhua
The free trade agreement between China and Serbia will go into effect on July 1 as both countries have completed respective domestic approval processes.
China, Peru completed ’substantial negotiations’ to upgrade FTA
1-Jul-2024 Reuters
China and Peru have achieved "substantial conclusion of negotiations" on the upgrading of a free trade agreement between both countries.
3-way FTA talks back on agenda
27-Jun-2024 China Daily
After a hiatus of over four years, negotiations for the China-Japan-South Korea Free Trade Agreement have returned to the table, with the focus on a higher level of liberalization that goes beyond the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, particularly in areas such as automobiles and key components, analysts said.
EFTA signs revised free trade agreement with Chile
25-Jun-2024 Swiss Info
The revised agreement with Chile was signed at a ministerial meeting of EFTA states (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway) in Geneva.
Commerce ministry meeting on FTA with China on Tuesday
24-Jun-2024 The Financial Express
Dhaka and Beijing have already handed over draft joint feasibility-study reports on each other on the FTA between them.
China, New Zealand agree to start trade talks
14-Jun-2024 Ecns
China and New Zealand agreed to commence trade in services negotiations based on a negative list approach, as part of efforts to enhance their comprehensive strategic partnership.
China eyes Bahrain for free-trade deal; visa waivers possible
7-Jun-2024 The Daily Tribune
China is exploring the possibility of signing a separate Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bahrain while continuing its efforts to finalise a comprehensive FTA with the entire Gulf Cooperation Council.
Trade agreements: How African states are resisting pressure from the North but not managing to assert their priorities
5-Jun-2024 Equal Times
African countries are regularly offered Free Trade Agreements by the world’s major economic powers. The balance of power is so unequal that they seem forever condemned to be the big losers.
Bangladesh wants to start negotiations with China for FTA: Titu
3-Jun-2024 The Daily Star
The government wants to start formal negotiation for the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China as the joint feasibility study is complete for the trade deal, State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu said.
China suspends tariff concessions on 134 items under Taiwan trade deal
31-May-2024 Yahoo
China will reinstate tariffs on 134 items it imports from Taiwan next month after the Ministry of Finance said it would suspend concessions given on the items under a trade deal because Taiwan had not reciprocated.
China, Japan and South Korea to revive FTA talks
27-May-2024 Nikkei Asia
Japan, South Korea and China held their first joint summit in more than four years on Monday, seeking deeper commercial ties to bolster their economies, including by aiming for progress in stalled negotiations toward a free trade agreement (FTA), but with Seoul and Tokyo also using the occasion to criticize North Korea over a planned satellite launch.
RCEP members encouraged to harmonize rules
20-May-2024 China Daily
Members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership can further improve the alignment of operational guidelines across key sectors such as competition policy and trade in services to elevate mutual openness, said trade experts and foreign scholars on Sunday.
China-Gulf free trade talks stall on Saudi industrial agenda, sources say
14-May-2024 Yahoo News/Reuters
Negotiations between China and an Arab bloc for a free trade agreement have stalled over concerns by Saudi Arabia that cheap Chinese imports could undermine its ambitions to transform the kingdom into an industrial powerhouse.
China-Serbia free trade deal to take effect in July
9-May-2024 RTHK
President Xi Jinping said that a free trade agreement between China and Serbia will take effect on July 1.
Aspects of NZ-China FTA up for renegotiation
8-May-2024 The Post
New Zealand is set to begin renegotiating its free trade agreement with China, focusing on further liberalizing services trade. While seeking deeper trade ties with China, New Zealand also aims to maintain security partnerships with traditional allies like Australia and the US.
Blow to China’s bid to join trade pact
3-May-2024 The Australian Financial Review
The Productivity Commission has concluded that letting China into the trans-Pacific free trade pact would deliver negligible economic benefit for Australia, a finding that won’t help Beijing’s bid to join the club.