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China begins TPP groundwork as UK moves closer to entry
4-Jun-2021 Nikkei Asia
Wednesday’s decision to begin talks on having the U.K. join the Trans-Pacific Partnership has refocused attention on the 11-member trade agreement’s expansion plans, as China puts out unofficial feelers about getting on board.
US-China tech war: why a digital trade deal with Japan and South Korea is key to gaining the upper hand
3-Jun-2021 South China Morning Post
In this competition over standards, whichever nation first strikes a trilateral deal with technology leaders Japan and South Korea will secure a strategic chokepoint in the digital architecture of Asia.
Taiwan calls on Australia to restart free trade agreement talks
31-May-2021 The Epoch Times
Taiwan wants the Australian government to resume free trade agreement talks after they were halted several times from pressure by Beijing.
US-China trade war: top negotiators hold ‘candid and constructive’ talks, first of Joe Biden presidency
27-May-2021 South China Morning Post
USTR said the phase one trade deal was important but only one part of a challenging and complex relationship between the world’s two largest economies.
China’s embrace of sanctions costs it an investment deal with EU
21-May-2021 Bloomberg
European lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a resolution to withhold ratification of the investment deal with China, so long as its “baseless and arbitrary” penalties were in place.
European Parliament to vote on freezing China deal
19-May-2021 Politico
Draft calls on EU to work with US on China, and to plan deals with Taiwan.
Pakistan sees nearly 70pc rise in exports to China
18-May-2021 The Nation
Pakistan recorded nearly 70% increase in exports to China in the first quarter of 2021, an official said.
Unmasking the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
12-May-2021 GRAIN
CPEC is an essential component of the Belt and Road Initiative, intended on creating new production sites and trade routes to connect China better with the rest of the world.
EU says not seeking escalation with China, working on investment deal
10-May-2021 Reuters
The situation is less dramatic than people seem to think. The EU is still working very closely with China’s Ministry of Commerce, the bloc’s ambassador in Beijing said.
Human rights have no place in Swiss-Chinese trade deal
10-May-2021 DW
The EU and US are currently distancing themselves from China — unlike Switzerland as the country sticks to its free trade agreement with the world’s second-largest economy despite mounting domestic criticism.
US return to Trans-Pacific trade deal would open large can of worms for NZ
7-May-2021 Newsroom
If all the seemingly insurmountable barriers are overcome and the US decides to reactivate the original Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, would there be another groundswell of opposition? You betcha.
EU-China investment deal ’not exactly a deal’
7-May-2021 The Jakarta Post
A long-negotiated investment agreement between EU and China was more of an "intention than a deal and it could be a long time before it became a reality, an EU commissioner said.
US, China to assess Phase 1 deal soon, Biden trade chief says
6-May-2021 Reuters
US Trade Representative said she expects to engage “in the near term” with Chinese officials to assess their implementation of the “Phase 1” trade deal.
EU turns from China to India on free trade
5-May-2021 EU Observer
The EU is suspending plans for a trade deal with China, while reviving those for a pact with India, in a dispute on Chinese human-rights abuses.
India, European Union (EU) to seal connectivity deal to counter China’s ambitious BRI — Reports
4-May-2021 The Eurasian Times
India and the European Union are making joint efforts to seal a “connectivity agreement”, which could be an answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
US says China has fallen short on ‘phase one’ intellectual property commitments
3-May-2021 South China Morning Post
The US criticised China for failing to fulfil commitments it made in the “phase one” trade deal a year ago to improve protections for the intellectual property of American companies.
Japan approves world’s biggest free-trade deal after China’s call to boost Asian economy
29-Apr-2021 South China Morning Post
Japan’s parliament approved joining the RCEP to aim for it to come into effect from the start of next year. The approval by Japan’s upper house comes after China called for the deal to be ratified to shore up the economy in the Asia-Pacific.
Qingdao initiative launched to promote early implementation of RCEP deal
26-Apr-2021 Hellenic Shipping News
A joint initiative on promoting early implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement has been launched in the east China port city of Qingdao on April 25.
RCEP faces challenges as comprehensive China-US competition takes shape: experts at Boao forum
20-Apr-2021 Global Times
Professor at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore, cautioned that geopolitics now have "too much influence" on world trade, which could pose "great challenges" to the further implementation of the trade deal.
Europe’s China gambit
10-Apr-2021 Project Syndicate
Trade and investment agreements cannot transform China into a Western-style market economy or turn it into a democracy.