China
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20-Aug-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Turkey crisis rattles Asian nations with rising Belt and Road debts
Turkey’s currency crisis is adding to the financial troubles of emerging Asian economies that have taken big loans for infrastructure projects under China’s Belt and Road initiative.
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18-Aug-2018 The Daily Star
Exports to China drop 27 per cent
Given the situation of bilateral trade, the Bangladesh government initiated the process for signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
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16-Aug-2018 Diplomatic Courier
Losing the Pacific: The futility of re-joining TPP
Amid rising tensions in the US-China bilateral relationship and increasing fears of a now-realized trade war, President Donald Trump announced that he would consider rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
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15-Aug-2018 Inside News
Maurice et la Chine font un pas décisif vers un ambitieux accord de libre-échange
Les entreprises chinoises pourront bénéficier de l’accès préférentiel de Maurice aux marchés régionaux en Afrique, tels la SADC et le COMESA.
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15-Aug-2018 All Africa
Mauritius - China FTA - Third round of negotiations underway
The FTA is expected to be finalised by the end of August this year. It will be signed in Beijing in September 2018.
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14-Aug-2018 New Dehli Times
Mauritius and Africa must avoid Chinese debt-trap
Mauritius is the first African country that launched the FTA negotiations with China; MoU over the Belt and Road Initiatives is under negotiation.
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8-Aug-2018 International Affairs
Trade negotiations: Geo-economics and geopolitics
Trade negotiations have been increasingly used as a political tool.
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7-Aug-2018 Eurasian Economic Union
China-Eurasian Economic Union agreement
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7-Aug-2018 Ministry of Commerce, China
China-Georgia FTA
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2-Aug-2018 SCMP
China wants free-trade talks with Norway to be accelerated
Free-trade talks between China and Norway should be sped up, the Chinese government’s top diplomat told his Norwegian counterpart, as the two countries step up efforts to put a row over the Nobel Peace Prize behind them.
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31-Jul-2018 Middle East Monitor
China, Palestine mull forging free-trade agreement
China has pledged to complete official discussions to reach a free-trade agreement with the state of Palestine as soon as possible, Jordan’s Assabeel newspaper reported yesterday.
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30-Jul-2018 Reuters
China offers to open discussions on post-Brexit trade deal - Jeremy Hunt
China has offered to open discussions on a post-Brexit free trade deal with Britain, British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said in Beijing on Monday.
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23-Jul-2018 Reuters
US courts allies with free trade offers at G20, France resists
The United States sought to woo Europe and Japan with free trade deals to gain leverage in an escalating tariff war with China but its overtures faced stiff resistance from France at a G20 finance ministers meeting.
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23-Jul-2018 The News Lens
Why China sees Senegal as a Belt and Road springboard
In so many ways, Senegal is an ideal partner as China seeks to expand its political and economic reach in Africa.
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20-Jul-2018 Global Times
China-EU investment, trade cooperation can provide new paradigm for world
China and the EU are moving fast toward completing a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), given the two sides’ desire to increase their investment in each other’s markets.
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19-Jul-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
China unresponsive over FTA talks with Sri Lanka
Beijing possibly hoping for a return to power of the Rajapaksa clan.
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18-Jul-2018 The Asset
China boosts Belt and Road cooperation with Arab countries
China seeks deeper synergy between its Belt Road initiative and Saudi’s 2030 vision.
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16-Jul-2018 The Hindu
With eye on African market, India readies offers for free trade pact with Mauritius
India is hopeful that a bilateral trade agreement with the country could open the doors wider to the entire continent.
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11-Jul-2018 Xinhua
China, Estonia agree to boost Belt and Road cooperation
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with his Estonian counterpart, Juri Ratas, and the two sides pledged to enhance cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.
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9-Jul-2018 Foreign Brief
Panama launches free trade talks with China after ending Taiwan recognition
Panamanian and Chinese officials will launch the first round of trade negotiations in Panama City with the aim of eventually inking a free trade agreement.
