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Hong Kong's commerce chief on Tuesday expressed hope for early signing of ASEAN-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement to push for the further development of economic and trade cooperation between Hong Kong and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
China's economic cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not be held back by the dispute with Vietnam and recent riots there which targeted foreigners.
The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Monday that China is strongly dissatisfied with the United States for its anti-dumping and countervailing probes into Chinese exports of photovoltaic products.
A free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will be positive for both countries as the deal will strengthen the already-strong economic ties between the two countries, a global credit rating company Moody's said Thursday. "Last Thursday, the leaders of China and Korea pledged to conclude the FTA by the end of this year.A deal would be credit positive for both countries because it would deepen investment flows and provide a boost to GDP,"Tom Byrne, senior vice president at Moody's, said in a report.
China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are working to ensure a breakthrough in their negotiation on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), likely paving the way for a larger FTA between all three leading economies in East Asia.
Free-trade agreements between China and Switzerland and China and Iceland took effect on Tuesday, marking a new dawn for business between the countries.
A top Palestinian diplomat in Australia said on Wednesday that Canberra would not be punished by trade sanctions from the Islamic countries if there are no more inflammatory words about the status of Jerusalem.
China's central bank on Wednesday called for more financing channels for the country's import and export businesses, in efforts to stabilize foreign trade.
New Zealand's terms of trade almost equaled their all-time high in the quarter ending March, rising to their highest level in more than 40 years, the government statistics agency announced Tuesday.
Under pressure at home and abroad, China is turning to the service sector to buoy foreign trade and restructure its economy.
A ministerial meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has reiterated the resolution to draft a roadmap concerning the establishment of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
Trade ministers and chief negotiators of the participating countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks gathered in Singapore on Monday for another round of talks, while observers said they do not expect the talks to conclude any time in the near term.
Singapore's domestic wholesale trade dipped 2.8 percent in the first quarter (Q1), the Department of Statistics Singapore said on Monday.
China hopes that proposing a feasibility study of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) will help deal with the fragmentation of global trade, a senior official said on Thursday.
U.S. senators expressed on Thursday concerns over the prospects of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal despite progress made last week between the United States and Japan.
Politicians and experts from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea on Tuesday called for accelerating talks on a trilateral free trade agreement to ease political tensions, as they spoke at a forum aimed at boosting regional cooperation.
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