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Pact to push HK economy forward
06/30/2003
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) got a very "big gift" from the central government yesterday, after signing the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) with the mainland.
China, India set trade volume target at US$10b 06/26/2003
China and India should work together to double their bilateral trade volume to US$10 billion by 2005, Chinese Minister of Commerce Lu Fuyuan said in Beijing on June 25 when met with Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Arun Jaitley.
Asia to build regional bond market
06/24/2003
The Chiang Mai Declaration on Asian Bond Market Development issued on June 22 by the second ministerial meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum marks the first tangible step on the long journey towards building such a market.
China,
Thailand to sign tariff reduction agreement 06/18/2003
To fulfill their commitments to the establishment of a China-ASEAN
free-trade area, China and Thailand are set to sign a tariff reduction
agreement in Beijing on June 18.
Localization
of International Brands 06/17/2003
The world economy has been following a trend towards globalization
since the end of the last century.
Trade
deal due with Thailand 06/05/2003
China and Thailand are to sign a bilateral free-trade agreement
on vegetables and fruit in mid-June, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce
confirmed on June 4.
Study backs free-trade zone with Japan, South Korea 06/02/2003
A high-level feasibility study has concluded that the time is ripe to set up a free-trade zone between China, Japan and South Korea.
More capital flows into China
03/14/2003
Foreign investors are paying increasing attention to China - already the world's largest recipient of foreign capital - and injecting another US$7.54 billion into the country in the first two months of this year.
WTO
stimulates foreign trade 12/17/2002
China's foreign trade performance has been better than expected
since it joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) last December.
WTO:
Consumers are big winners 12/17/2002
Chinese consumers, who now have a greater selection of goods from
which to choose, are among the major winners of China's World Trade
Organization (WTO) accession.
WTO entry boosts cross-Straits trade
07/25/2002
The World Trade Organization (WTO) membership for the Chinese mainland
and Taiwan, which was regarded as an independent tariff zone, will
certainly be conducive to cross-Straits trade relations.
Trade
minister urges greater focus on exports 07/22/2002
China's trade minister urged all trade officials nationwide to prepare
for uncertainty over the country's foreign trade circumstances in
the latter half of the year, and try their best to promote exports.
WTO
meets to discuss China complaint about US tariffs 06/07/2002
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is meeting in Geneva Friday to
discuss whether to set up a panel to examine the legality of United
States steel tariffs following a Chinese complaint.
China,
Russia and Central Asian states target free-trade area 05/30/2002
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which groups China, Russia
and four Central Asian republics and primarily focuses on anti-terrorism
efforts, now aims to establish a free-trade zone.
SCO
negotiates free-trade zone 05/29/2002
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members announced on May
28 the start of negotiations aimed at establishing a free-trade
zone involving the six countries in the region -- Kazakhstan, China,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
East
Asian alliance will come gradually - minister 05/22/2002
The ASEAN countries, China, Japan and other East Asian economies
are likely to form a grand economic alliance but it would form only
gradually, a Chinese minister said on May 21.
Trade
area dispels worries 05/17/2002
A free trade area between China and the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) appears promising despite worries that China
is competing with ASEAN for international markets and foreign investment,
experts said.
FDI
increases after WTO entry; foreign trade up 05/16/2002
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China soared between January
and April on the back of investor confidence in a strong domestic
economy and the country's entry into the World Trade Organization
(WTO).
Free
trade framework to finish by year-end 05/16/2002
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) aim
to work out a framework for a free trade area before the end of
the year.
China,
ASEAN meeting issues joint press release 05/15/2002
Senior economic officials from China and ASEAN (the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations) concluded their one-day meeting in Beijing
on May 14 and issued a Joint Press Release.
FTA
'won't be threat to HK' 05/15/2002
Hong Kong's role as a major channel for Chinese mainland's exports
will not be affected by the establishment of a free trade area (FTA)
between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),
said trade experts.
China,
ASEAN officials discuss free trade area 05/14/2002
Senior economic officials from China and ASEAN (the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations) met in Beijing on May 14 to discuss
the establishment of a China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA).
ASEAN,
China to launch talks on Free Trade Agreement 05/13/2002
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will
launch first round of talks this week in Beijing on a proposed Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and the ASEAN, the trade ministry
said.
Trade
zone to energize Asian markets 05/10/2002
The projected free trade area involving China and the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be one of the world's largest
free trade areas in terms of population, a senior Chinese official
said on May 9.
Experts
propose trade liberalization in Northeast Asia 05/08/2002
Economists attending a regional economic forum have called on Northeast
Asian countries to build up a new cooperation mechanism with trade
liberalization and economic and technological cooperation as the
core.
China
to open up US$1.5 trillion trade market in five years - Hu
04/24/2002
China's
entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) would open up trade
opportunities worth at least US$1.5 trillion in the next five years,
Vice President Hu Jintao said Wednesday.
'Made-in-China'
goods expect new market in global chainstores 04/21/2002
Products labeled "made
in China" are likely to obtain more opportunities in overseas
markets by entering the purchasing systems of international retail
chain groups in China.
Exporters
get credit guarantee promise 04/18/2002
China will increase the amount of export credit guarantees for domestic
companies and cut premiums to help firms explore relatively untapped
markets such as Latin America, the Middle East and Russia, a marketing
official said on Wednesday.
China
ready to participate in globalization: trade minister 03/12/2002
China will actively participate
in globalization as it opens wider to the outside world after last
December's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Shi
Guangsheng, minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation,
said in a press release issued Tuesday.
China
to host first meeting on ASEAN-China free trade area 03/07/2002
China will host the first
meeting between Southeast Asian and Chinese senior officials on
the proposed ASEAN-China free trade area next month, a top official
said Thursday.
Government
to conduct consultations on Mainland/HK CEPA 02/04/2002
During a duty visit to
Beijing in December 2001, the Chief Executive obtained the agreement
in principle of the Central Government to his proposal of establishing
some form of free trade area between the Mainland and the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region ( HKSAR).
Mainland,
HK officials to discuss proposal of free trade zone 01/19/2002
Officials from China's mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region will discuss in Beijing next week the proposal to establish
an "entity similar to a free trade zone" between the two,
the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation (MOFTEC)
announced in Beijing on Friday.
ASEAN
urged to forge closer economic partnership with China 01/09/2002
Incoming WTO Chief Supachai Panitchpakdi from Thailand has urged
Southeast Asian countries to forge closer economic partnership with
China and continue with economic reforms.
Mainland-Hong
Kong free trade zone possible in five years 12/20/2001
The project for a "free trade zone" between China's mainland
and Hong Kong will be possibly launched in the latter half of next
year if everything goes on wheels, according to Zhang Hanlin, deputy-director
of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Research Center in Beijing.
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