ISDS Case Map
China
The agreement should include e-commerce and new business formats. China is also a strategic market for Fonterra, which exports 95 percent of its products.
Both countries are working towards the signing of the upgrade protocol later this year, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry said.
The foreign ministry said that most EU countries are supportive of an agreement with Taiwan.
The upgrade of the free trade agreement between Singapore and China, which has been three years in the making, will likely be signed by both sides later this month in Singapore.
The Chilean foreign minister explained that this protocol complements the Free Trade Agreement between both countries that entered into force on October 1, 2006.
Australia walked away from plans for a free trade agreement with Taiwan after China warned any deal would hurt relations between Beijing and Canberra.
China has agreed to begin free-trade talks with Palestine, Beijing said on Wednesday
Norway and China are likely to conclude a trade pact next year.
The ongoing trade tension between China and the United States has provided the impetus for an early conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), said Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Ministry.
In the 12th round of China-Norway FTA negotiations, the two nations discussed goods and service trades and investment, rules of origin, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, intellectual property, ecommerce, other matters.
