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China’s Hong Kong, Australia conclude FTA negotiations
15-Nov-2018 Xinhua
China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Australia have concluded the negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) and an investment agreement.
Belt and Road and Hong Kong free trade deals offer wider opportunities for local business
9-Jul-2018 South China Morning Post
As Hong Kong is expected to actively participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, these trade deals are going to play an even more important role.
Hong Kong and Georgia sign FTA deal
28-Jun-2018 China Daily
The FTA is comprehensive in scope, encompassing trade in goods, trade in services, investment, dispute settlement mechanism and other related areas.
Georgia and Hong Kong to sign free trade deal in June
11-Jun-2018 Agenda.ge
So far Georgia has free trade deals with China, Turkey, European Union (EU), European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries and with the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Fears tobacco giants will use TPP to sue Australia over plain packaging as secrecy shrouds legal costs in Philip Morris case
12-Mar-2018 South China Morning Post
Political party says the newly signed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, which contains similar clauses to the Hong Kong deal, could prompt more costly challenges in The Hague
Govt considering upgrade of trade deal with HK, Macao
19-Jan-2018 Ecns
The government is conducting study to upgrade the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, in an effort to further open up Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR.
ASEAN signs FTA, investment deal with HKC
13-Nov-2017 Manila Bulletin
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Hong Kong, China signed free trade and investment agreements, the sixth economic deal entered into by the 10-member countries.
Asean, Hong Kong to ink free trade agreement this Saturday
8-Nov-2017 The Edge Markets
The 10 member states of Asean and China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will sign the Asean-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement and Investment Agreement on in Vietnam.
Macao, HK sign CEPA for closer cooperation
30-Oct-2017 Xinhua
Macao and Hong Kong signed a Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement to advance liberalization of trade and service, and create favorable conditions for regional integration.
Hong Kong-ASEAN FTA to tap opportunities under Belt and Road Initiative: experts
14-Sep-2017 Xinhua
A free trade agreement to be signed by China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will help businesses better explore opportunities under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Hong Kong to sign ASEAN Free Trade Agreement
11-Sep-2017 GB Times
Hong Kong has agreed to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Asean-Hong Kong FTA set to be signed
1-Aug-2017 The Nation
The free trade agreement between Asean and Hong Kong will be signed at the 31st Asean Summit in November in the Philippines, according to Thailand’s Department of Trade Negotiations.
Forthcoming ASEAN-HK FTA to connect Myanmar with Belt and Road finances
31-Jul-2017 Myanmar Times
Hong Kong’s new chief executives ays that the ASEAN-HK Free Trade Agreement negotiations are expected to conclude by year-end, and that the city will pursue closer ties with ASEAN to echo China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
FTAs with Iran, HK, by yearend: MITI
31-Jul-2017 Bernama
Malaysia expects to conclude free trade agreements with Hong Kong and Iran by year-end and affirms that the FTA between Malaysia and EU is also advancing
PH bats for conclusion of 2 major ASEAN FTA deals
12-Jul-2017 Manila Bulletin
The Philippines, which chairs ASEAN this year, is looking at the conclusion of two major free trade deals – ASEAN-Hong Kong and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Philip Morris: Tobacco giant ordered to compensate Australia
10-Jul-2017 BBC
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been ordered to pay the Australian government millions of dollars after unsuccessfully suing the nation over its world-first plain-packaging laws.
Mainland, Hong Kong sign new deals on investment, Ecotech
29-Jun-2017 Xinhua
According to the investment agreement, the mainland commits to providing the most favored treatment to Hong Kong. The agreement on Ecotech specially emphasizes mainland’s support to Hong Kong in participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Australia to launch free trade agreement talks with Hong Kong
16-May-2017 Sydney Morning Herald
Access for white-collar services businesses will be the focus as talks begin over a free trade agreement between Australia and Hong Kong.
Why Singapore doesn’t want to see a HK-ASEAN free-trade deal
27-Apr-2017 Ejinsight
Once the ASEAN opens its service sector to Hong Kong companies, Singapore could be the hardest hit, and hence its staunch opposition to it.
Australia to pursue FTA with China’s Hong Kong: trade minister
24-Apr-2017 Xinhua
The Australian government has announced it will pursue a free trade agreement with Hong Kong in an attempt to secure further service export opportunities for Australian businesses.