ISDS Case Map
China
Local news reported Friday that Australia was on the brink of inking with China a cattle export deal worth close to A$1 billion ($858 million), a figure that would apparently translate into some one million head of cattle. Others have suggested those figures are fanciful.
The road map will not include detailed steps for when and how to crystallize the vision of the massive Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific being pushed by Beijing, amid reluctance expressed by the United States, negotiation sources say.
Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed to make the utmost effort to finalize ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) during talks in Beijing on Friday.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will accelerate negotiations on upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2015, a Chinese government official said on Thursday.
There appears to be a race between the United States and China to dominate the rules-setting game for trade by being the first to announce plans of realising a Free Trade Agreement for the Asia-Pacific -- with billions of dollars in trade at stake.
Agricultural talks must be concluded on Friday to ensure the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement can be signed when Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Australia for the G20 next week.
The US is reportedly opposing discussion of FTAAP at the upcoming APEC summit.
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb is holding more free trade talks in Beijing this week, as a decade of negotiations reach their final stage.
The EU commissioned a review of hundreds of thousands of measures that limit market access and business activities of foreign-owned companies in China.
Le Malawi et la Chine ont signé un accord de libre-échange qui va porter sur la libre circulation des biens en provenance du pays d’Afrique australe vers la Chine
