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KMP calls for junking of RP-China economic agreements
The RP-China agricultural agreement, for example, provides China with the capability to produce food using Philippine territorial lands and waters.This would inevitably mean massive displacement of peasants from their lands, and the crops to be planted are not for Filipino consumption but for export to China.
China to seal FTA with ASEAN before signing one with Singapore
China will likely conclude the free trade agreement (FTA) with ASEAN first before sealing a similar deal with Singapore, said Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, Zhang Xiaokang.
ASEAN urged to make progress on trade deals with China, SKorea, Japan
Southeast Asia must ratify free trade deals with China and South Korea and make progress on a similar accord with Japan, as the region prepares its own free-trade zone, the Philippine government said Monday.
Peru, China to negotiate FTA early 2008
Peru and China will begin negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the first months of 2008
China deal hurting farm sector
A new study finds that more than 100,000 Thai farming families cannot compete with cheap Chinese produce dumped in the market under Thailand’s FTA with China.
Ma: better ties with China needed for FTA with the US
Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou says the government should improve ties with China first if Taiwan wants to sign a free trade agreement with the US.
Switzerland: China visit yields few tangible results
Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard will not return home from her four-day visit to China totally empty-handed. Leuthard said she was satisfied with the results of the trip and the signing of a declaration aimed at establishing a free trade accord was the "highpoint".
Singapore says it expects to conclude free trade agreement with China by 2008: report
Singapore’s deputy prime minister said the city-state expects to conclude a free trade agreement with China next year, a newspaper reported Thursday.
NZ-China trade deal said 2 years away
New Zealand hopes to wrap up a comprehensive free trade agreement with China by mid-2009 — a year later than scheduled — Prime Minister Helen Clark said Tuesday.
Switzerland and China eye possible free trade deal
Swiss Economic Affairs Minister Doris Leuthard and Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai pledged in Beijing to study the feasibility of a free trade deal.
Taiwan’s Ma seeks FTA with China
Taiwan presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou wants closer economic ties with political rival China, including a free-trade deal and the removal of investment caps on businesses that operate on the mainland, a spokesman said on Monday.
China pact a mixed blessing for Pakistan
A free-trade agreement (FTA) signed last year between Pakistan and China came into effect on Sunday, with Islamabad announcing the first phase of a cut on 4,700 tariffs.
Pak-China free trade agreement comes into effect
Pakistan Ambassador to China Sulman Bashir has underlined the need for making concerted efforts to create awareness about bilateral trade agreement including Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that came into effect on Sunday.
China, Pakistan to cut tariffs
China and Pakistan will next month begin reducing tariffs on one another’s imports, in line with the two countries’ Free Trade Agreement (FTA), according to a senior Chinese trade official.
US, Vietnam: Trade ties and a China buffer
The United States and Vietnam signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) June 21 ahead of a June 22 meeting between Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and U.S. President George W Bush. By warming up its trade relationship with Vietnam, the United States is facilitating an alternative for US investors and businesses that want to set up production operations outside China.
China free trade talks drag on, and on, and on
Chinese philosopher Laozi said a thousand-li journey starts by taking the first step, but Australia’s free-trade agreement team is looking decidedly footsore.
Government announces tariff reductions
Pakistan has announced tariff reduction on the import of 6936 items under five bilateral and regional trade agreements.
NZ leads race to China trade deal
Rows of container cranes dominate the hazy skyline of Yantian. The port, in China’s southern Guangdong province, is the world’s fourth busiest - despite few New Zealanders probably even having heard of it.
Mainland trade pact with HK expanded
Mainland China is poised to expand its free trade pact with Hong Kong at the end of this month in a bid to link the two economies more closely.
Is India ready to be part of Southeast Asia again?
The evolving geo-strategic framework inexorably impels countries in Southeast Asia to accept China and India as major regional powers.