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Cross-Strait matrix: The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
28-May-2009 Jamestown Foundation
The possibility of China and Taiwan reaching a formal free trade agreement in 2009 or later depends on complex bilateral (i.e. China and Taiwan), triangular (i.e. China, Taiwan and the United State), multilateral (e.g. ASEAN, WTO), and even global forces (e.g. the global recession and the G-20 response).
EU free trade secondary to Asia pacts: Al Mansouri
27-May-2009 Gulf News
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is concentrating on trade talks with East Asia after negotiations with the European Union stalled, Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, said.
Mainland expects to start talk on cross-Strait economic pact
27-May-2009 China.org
The Chinese mainland expects talks about a cross-Strait economic cooperation agreement to start in the latter half of this year, said President Hu Jintao Tuesday.
Taiwan wants to sign trade pact with China as soon as possible
25-May-2009 DPA
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Sunday urged China to sign a trade pact with Taiwan as soon as possible, despite objection from Taiwan’s opposition party DPP.
US eyes Asia trade vistas after Panama, Doha: Kirk
20-May-2009 Reuters
The Obama administration wants to explore new trade vistas in the Asia-Pacific region once it has dealt with challenges it inherited, including a deal with Panama and a global trade pact, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Monday.
Sit-in is start of new democratic movement: Tsai
19-May-2009 Taiwan News
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen announced that her party would launch a drive to collect one million signatures for a national citizen referendum on the Kuomintang government’s plan to sign an economic cooperation agreement with China and declared that the end of a 24-hour sit-in in front of the presidential office marked "the beginning of a second democratic reform movement."
Taiwan’s DPP vows to launch referendum on China trade deal
19-May-2009 AFP
The leader of Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Monday vowed to launch a referendum in a bid to stop the signing of a major trade pact with rival China.
Chinese officials urges mainland businesses to invest in Taiwan, plan purchasing mission
18-May-2009 LA Times
China has outlined plans for encouraging mainland Chinese businesses to expand their investments in Taiwan, and has scheduled several purchasing missions to buy food and consumer products.
SINO + ASEAN = East Asian Unification? Not Quite Part I
15-May-2009 Brooks Foreign Policy Review
Over the last decade, ASEAN has negotiated free trade agreements (FTA) at breakneck speeds, signing deals with Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. It is also in the process of negotiating FTAs with India, South Korea, and China. The deal with China has garnered much attention, because it will create the third largest common market by trade volume, with a population of 1.8 billion and a US$2 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Chinese mining giants to invest $7.4 billion in Peru over next 5 years
12-May-2009 Andina
Chinese mining giants Minmetals, Chinalco, Shougang and Zijin plan to invest over 7.4 billion dollars in Peru during the next five years, Peruvian Vice President Luis Giampietri said. Giampietri met in late April with the CEOs of these mining groups after attending the signing ceremony of Peru-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Beijing.
China, Peru sign trade agreement
12-May-2009 LAHT
China and Peru signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday aimed at promoting investment by the Asian giant in the South American country, as well as bilateral trade.
The Middle Kingdom meets the Middle East
12-May-2009 Reuters
With markets and media riveted by China’s hunt for natural resources in Australia, Africa and Latin America, the Middle East story has perhaps been underplayed.
Crean looks for new way as China trade negotiator quits
11-May-2009
Canberra has executed a major shift on strategy with Beijing after Australia’s senior negotiator quit stalled free trade agreement talks with China.
China to offer more concessions to Hong Kong companies
11-May-2009 WSJ
Under new supplements to their Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, China will further open banking and securities services to Hong Kong companies
Australian trade min urges China to agree free trade pact
7-May-2009 Dow Jones Newswires
Crean has expressed frustration at the slow pace of the FTA negotiations, saying in March talks were "bogged down" just at a time when Australia wanted to develop a framework for a new economic partnership with China, which would include a framework for investment in an FTA.
Benguet farmers alerted on trade pacts
6-May-2009 MB
Associations of farmers and local government units in this vegetable-producing province and local governments were alerted on reports that the national government has entered into bilateral agreements and treaties on the trading of agricultural products.
Japan and China should start free trade discussion, Aso says
2-May-2009 Bloomberg
Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso called for talks on free trade with China, the first time a Japanese leader has raised the prospect of an agreement with its biggest trading partner.
A helping Chinese hand
29-Apr-2009 Asia Times
A new investment fund and loan package to help alleviate the impact of the global financial crisis for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) represents the latest overture of China’s "soft power" campaign towards the region.
China, Peru sign free trade agreement
29-Apr-2009 Earth Times
China and Peru on Tuesday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) that the Chinese government hailed as an "important signal" of closer international cooperation amid the global financial crisis.
China trade gets new push
28-Apr-2009 Bangkok Post
Thailand’s parliament has endorsed a framework for broadening the scope of cooperation and trade with China. But Democrat MP Kraisak Choonhavan said the new framework would only further affect farmers in the North who are already suffering under the FTA deal.