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EU tells China more access needed to seal investment accord
21-Jan-2020 Bloomberg
Trade Chief Hogan says he still wants to do a deal in 2020. China has been in talks with EU on investment since 2013.
S. Korea, China, Japan divided over open data in trilateral FTA talks
20-Jan-2020 Business Korea
South Korea, China and Japan have made some progress in negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) following the trilateral summit held late last year.
A clause in the US–China trade deal presents a big opportunity for the oilsands
17-Jan-2020 Financial Post
China agreed to buy ’petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude’ and that could include Canadian crude travelling through the US.
Europe to assess whether US-China deal is WTO compatible
17-Jan-2020 Euractiv
The EU will assess whether a US-China deal to roll back some bilateral tariffs in exchange for increased US imports to China is compatible with World Trade Organisation rules.
Indonesia likely to see small gains from US-China deal
16-Jan-2020 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia is likely to see a small benefit from the phase-one trade deal between the United States and China as the demand for commodities and the overall Chinese economy are expected to improve.
US and China sign phase one of trade deal
16-Jan-2020 Bloomberg
The US and China signed what they billed as the first phase of a broader trade pact. Big issues of Beijing’s state-run economy left for phase two.
US-China phase one deal: Washington wants to meet 30% of China’s import needs, non-US suppliers will need to conduct damage assessments
15-Jan-2020 China Briefing
Certain aspects of the soon to be signed US-China “Phase One” trade deal to end the ongoing 18-month trade war between the two nations may not be released to the public.
Seoul, Moscow to hold 3rd round of FTA talks on service sector
14-Jan-2020 Yonhap News
South Korea said it plans to hold the 3rd round of FTA negotiations with Russia in the service and investment segments this week, as the country endeavors to diversify its trade portfolio amid protectionism.
China and EU may hold summit in Beijing at end of March, ahead of ‘17+1’ meeting
14-Jan-2020 South China Morning Post
China and the EU are expected to hold their annual summit at the end of March, two weeks before Beijing hosts a high-profile meeting with the leaders of Central and Eastern European countries.
China to ramp up US car, aircraft, energy purchases in trade deal: source
14-Jan-2020 Reuters
China has pledged to buy almost $80 billion of additional manufactured goods from the United States over the next two years as part of a trade war truce.
Irish focus as EU’s Hogan opens China investment talks
13-Jan-2020 Irish Examiner
Later this week negotiations for a comprehensive agreement on investment between the EU and mainland China will be held in Brussels.
US–China rivalry and the future of interdependence
13-Jan-2020 ASPI The Strategist
The clash between the US and China is arrestingly sharp and deep not only because the stakes are so high and the parties so profoundly different but also because it has been brewing over several decades of increasingly intimate and complex interaction.
Chinese textile companies bank on BRI for growth
13-Jan-2020 Phnom Penh Post
As participating countries are expected to sign the RCEP this year, China’s textile industry must accelerate the adjustment of products, capacity and trade structure to better integrate regional development in the next stage.
US, China dust off corporate deals before trade pact signing
10-Jan-2020 Bloomberg
China highlighted a pledge to fully open up its oil and gas exploration sector. Financial services deals long in the works may be tied to deal.
Protectionism is not best way to ensure prosperity of all: Singaporean minister
10-Jan-2020 Outlook India
Protectionism and import substitutions are not the best ways to ensure the prosperity of all, especially the poorest of the poor, but keeping the economy open to the world is, senior Singaporean minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said.
Norway hopes for China free-trade deal in 2020, industry minister says
9-Jan-2020 Reuters
Norway aims to reach a free-trade agreement with China by the end of 2020, more than a decade after initial negotiations began, the Norwegian industry minister said.
China’s Vice Premier Liu to sign US trade deal in Washington next week
9-Jan-2020 Reuters
The Phase 1 deal reached last month is expected to cut tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of US goods but Chinese officials have yet to publicly commit to key points.
Trade war: China’s refusal to lift grain quotas make Trump’s phase one import demands ‘more difficult’
8-Jan-2020 South China Morning Post
China will not raise its quotas for the import of grains, according to vice agriculture and rural affairs minister Han Jun, raising the prospect of a stand-off with the US.
Sell more to China
8-Jan-2020 The Express Tribune
The China Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA-II) has immediately abolished tariffs for Pakistan on 313 products, while a total of 75% of the tariff lines will be liberalised over the next decade.
Protectionism, after all: China, Korea, Japan use non-tariff barriers to impede imports
7-Jan-2020 Financial Express
Countries like China, South Korea and Japan may boast of low tariffs but they have erected huge non-tariff barriers (NTBs), most of which are tailored to mask the ferocity of trade protectionism, in a bid to control the imports they deem undesirable.