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As Manila deliberates on RCEP, China looms large
20-Jan-2022 Asia Times
In the Philippine, RCEP ratification was distracted by the pandemic and typhoon response. The coming May polls may present some hurdles in fast-tracking accession to RCEP.
CPEC phase-II much broader
18-Jan-2022 The Express Tribune
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor phase-II is much broader in scope and focuses on relocation of industries, agriculture sector modernisation, cooperation in science and technology, said Pakistan’s Ambassador to China.
China and Gulf states pledge to ’inject new impetus’ into talks on free trade agreement
17-Jan-2022 Middle East Eye
Beijing and Gulf states say they are committed to reviving long-dormant talks aimed at reaching a free trade agreement, as they look to strengthen ties and deepen economic cooperation in the face of strained relations with the West.
South Korea to adopt RCEP tariff rates starting from February 1
14-Jan-2022 Global Times
China’s Ministry of Finance on Thursday announced that South Korea will adopt the favorable tariff rates of the RCEP trade pact starting from February 1, as the country has finished ratification of the deal.
China hopes US can enable more trade amid ’Phase 1’ deal uncertainties
13-Jan-2022 Reuters
China hopes the United States can create conditions to expand trade cooperation, after Chinese purchases of U.S. goods in the past two years fell short of the targets in a Trump-era trade deal.
US Chamber calls for new US trade deals, China strategy
12-Jan-2022 Financial Post
The US Chamber of Commerce called on the Biden administration to pursue more international trade deals and articulate a coherent strategy to compete and cooperate with China.
Japan, Singapore vow to keep TPP free trade pact’s high standards
12-Jan-2022 Kyodo News
Trade ministers of Japan and Singapore pledged to maintain the high standards of market access and rules of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal, which China and Taiwan made a bid to join last year.
Gulf ministers visit China amid energy fears
10-Jan-2022 Times of India
The visit may "make breakthroughs" in talks over a China-GCC free-trade agreement.
China backs resumption of stalled FTA with Sri Lanka
10-Jan-2022 Economynext
China has signaled the desire to re-start a stalled Free Trade Agreement talks with Sri Lanka, during a visit of Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
China, Cambodia speed up FTA implementation
6-Jan-2022 Vietnam Plus
China and Cambodia will step up the implementation of their free trade agreement (FTA), which took effect from January 1, to benefit businesses and people of both countries, according to a statement by the Ministry of Commerce of China.
World has moved on from US, EU’s drug monopoly. India and China are changing IP regulations
4-Jan-2022 The Print
Even without an IP waiver from the WTO, China and India are leading the challenge to the West’s vaccine monopoly.
US mum on Kenya trade pact talks
29-Dec-2021 Business Daily
Separate statements issued by both Kenya’s Trade Cabinet secretary Betty Maina and her US trade chief Katherine Tai, after a virtual meeting last Tuesday did not provide any timelines for resuming the stalled talks on the deal signalling a persisting deadlock.
Taiwan votes against referendums on US trade in major setback for opposition
20-Dec-2021 France 24
The Taiwanese government hopes the result will bolster its case to join the CPTPP and remove a stumbling block for a free trade deal with the United States.
China approves lower tariffs with Taiwan for 2022 in line with cross-strait agreement
16-Dec-2021 Taiwan News
The ECFA between Taiwan and China came into effect in 2010, and it officially expired last year, though neither side appears to have formally terminated it.
Nicaragua repeals trade agreement with Taiwan after resuming ties with China
15-Dec-2021 La Prensa Latina
Nicaragua’s parliament on Tuesday repealed the free trade agreement (FTA) signed in December 2006 with Taiwan, after last week severing diplomatic ties with the island in favor of Beijing.
China’s BRI gets entangled in Pakistan port protest
8-Dec-2021 Asia Times
Gwadar unrest grows as fishing communities complain of job losses and broken promises linked to Belt and Road Initiative projects
Majority of CPEC projects completed: envoy
8-Dec-2021 The Express Tribune
A majority of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects have been completed, revealed Chinese Consul General in Karachi Li Bijian.
Australia urges US to push back on ‘digital authoritarianism’
8-Dec-2021 The Sydney Morning Herald
The Morrison government is pushing the Biden administration to strike a digital free trade agreement with democracies across the Indo-Pacific in a bid to counter China’s “digital authoritarianism”.
Trade imbalance remain key concern at Africa-China forum
5-Dec-2021 KBC
The exports and imports mismatch has been highlighted as a key concern as Africa continues to deepen trade with China.
The geopolitics of China’s CPTPP move
3-Dec-2021 Bangkok Post
Nowhere is the intersection between geopolitics and geoeconomics more evident than the accession negotiations under the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.