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Australian trade minister to visit China for FTA negotiation resumption
15-Apr-2008 Trading Markets
Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean said China has agreed to unfreeze negotiations
Million dollar China deal 48 hours after free trade agreement
15-Apr-2008 Scoop
New Zealand apparel company Norsewear is one of the first to benefit from the recently signed free trade agreement with China — securing an order worth close to a million dollars in less than 48 hours after the historic deal was signed.
Pakistan, China discuss Transit Trade Agreement, expand scope of FTA
14-Apr-2008 APP
Pakistan and China have made substantial progress towards entering a Transit Trade Agreement, expanding the scope of Free Trade Agreement, besides identifying new areas of cooperation to further strengthen their multi-faceted ties.
China, Chile sign services free-trade pact
14-Apr-2008 Earth Times
China and Chile signed an agreement on free trade in services on Sunday, following talks between the two presidents. The two nations committed themselves to opening up their service sectors in accordance with World Trade Organization rules, under a supplementary agreement to their formal free-trade pact signed in 2005.
Leaders put torch to free trade talks
10-Apr-2008
The Chinese and Australian governments have agreed "to unfreeze" the stalled negotiations for a free trade agreement.
Chinese trade will weather Tibet disagreements: Govt
10-Apr-2008
Federal Trade Minister Simon Crean says the Prime Minister has shown the Australian Government can express concerns about Tibet, without affecting the trade relationship with China.
China’s new brand of free trade
10-Apr-2008
Welcome to the era of free trade, Chinese style.With Beijing’s completion of a bilateral free-trade pact Monday with New Zealand, its first with a developed country, the government has raised the tempo in its race to secure sources for commodities it deems critical to the growth of the economy: dairy products, food and raw materials.
Peters swears to be good on FTA
10-Apr-2008
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters appears to have backed down on a threat to criticise the free trade agreement with China while he is overseas, promising the prime minister he will not denounce it publicly.
NZ First’s China advertisement to be investigated
9-Apr-2008
The Electoral Commission will consider a New Zealand First advertisement that appeared in daily papers this morning at their next meeting.
Winston’s message: No to the FTA
9-Apr-2008
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand could have done better than it did in the free trade agreement it signed on Monday with China, and that is why his New Zealand First party won’t support it.
Trade pact is front page news
9-Apr-2008
China’s trade deal with New Zealand has made the front pages in Beijing.
China: Local activist groups soft pedal on NZ free trade deal
7-Apr-2008 PMC
Chinese activist groups cool on opposition to New Zealand’s fair trade deal with China. Katie Small checks out the marginal minorities’ views after the crackdown in Tibet.
Momentous trade deal signing tomorrow
6-Apr-2008
New Zealand will sign up to its biggest bilateral trade deal in 25 years in a ceremony in Beijing tomorrow.
Cautious approach needed on FTA with China: Assocham
5-Apr-2008
India should be cautious while signing free trade agreements (FTAs), specially with China as it could affect the interest domestic industry, a report released by industry chamber Assocham said on Saturday.
Last minute protests over China’s free trade deal
5-Apr-2008 TV3
Protestors in Auckland and Wellington have made a last minute plea to stop a free trade agreement between New Zealand and China. They say the Government is ignoring human rights for the sake of selling a few pounds of butter.
Cuddling up to China
4-Apr-2008
The "smog and mirrors" surrounding New Zealand’s historic free trade agreement with China is about to lift, along with remnants of the Beijing winter.
Maori divided over free trade deal
4-Apr-2008
Ngai Tahu Seafood, the lucrative fisheries arm of one of the largest Maori tribes, says the Government’s controversial free-trade pact with China is a good deal and will earn the iwi millions of dollars.
Goff leaves for FTA signing in China
4-Apr-2008
Trade Minister Phil Goff leaves for China tomorrow to play his part in the signing of the free trade deal between New Zealand and China.
Hopes of fast FTA benefits for NZ
4-Apr-2008
Business leaders are optimistic that the free trade agreement with China will be comprehensive and have quicker phaseout periods for tariffs than a similar pact New Zealand signed with Thailand in 2005.
China, US move forward on new food safety agreement
2-Apr-2008
The US and China have agreed to implement a new bilateral food safety system by initially focusing on four product categories, said FDA officials.