Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Monday against a world trade regime fragmented by various free trade arrangements, calling for determination to conclude the long-stalled Doha Round of global trade talks.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement might not be able to be completed by the year-end deadline.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming Southeast Asia trip due on Wednesday, aims to build a mutually-beneficial and win-win relationship with its neighbors.
Indonesia highly expects APEC economies to approve its initiatives to advance trade, investment, infrastructure and connectivity among members of the regional economic forum at the Senior Officials Meeting (CSOM) scheduled to end on Wednesday.
Standing on giants' shoulders to see further, China's metropolis Shanghai now tests and spearheads the nation's reform and opening-up drive, after an economic miracle created through such efforts spanning more than 30 years.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has developed “better than expected” to become a major political forum, former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, also a key figure in establishing the regional bloc said in an exclusive interview with Asia Pacific Daily.
Japan and the United States on Monday kicked off their second round of bilateral trade talks on auto and trade barriers in parallel with the U.S.-led Trans- Pacific Partnership free trade talks, reported local media.
Although a lot of regional economic cooperation like TPP and RCEP was created, the scholar said Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) still has a niche of its own in trade facilitation as a process that brings together both the political leaders and the private sectors, and both the United States and China.
China on Friday unveiled the blueprint for the pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai with a detailed list of reform tasks, easing restrictions on yuan, investment and trade to spearhead the nation's future reforms.
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser will be exploring opportunities for trade with Japan under the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in talks in Japan this week.
The establishment of a free trade zone between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) would definitely help the regional economy. Yet talks surrounding the free trade agreement (FTA) face many uncertainties.
South Korea and China had completed first-stage negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement ( FTA), setting foundations for more in-depth talks over mutual opening and liberalization, South Korea's trade ministry said Friday. "Both sides wrapped up the first-phase negotiations for the Sino-Korea FTA by agreeing on the modality (or basic guidelines)," Woo Tae-hee, South Korea's assistant trade minister and a chief negotiator for the FTA with China, told a press briefing.
Fast-growing bilateral trade between China and ASEAN countries has led to consensus that closer economic cooperation is desired by both sides despite frictions on the seas.
Taiwan's leading trade promotion agency has opened its third mainland office in the southern booming city of Guangzhou in a latest bid to promote cross-Strait economic and trade cooperation.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday China will work Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to build a community of "common destiny" to share peace and prosperity.
Premier Li Keqiang called for an "upgraded version" of the free trade area (FTA) between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), pledging economic and trade cooperation of "a greater scope and higher quality."
The Chinese central government and the government of the Macao Special Administrative Region signed a supplement to an economic agreement on Friday to further enhance trade exchanges between Macao and the Chinese mainland.
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