ISDS Case Map
China
From a geopolitical perspective, Europe arguably needs the EPA trade deals with Africa more than Africa does.
Representatives from China and Taiwan have reached an agreement to restart formal negotiations on a free-trade pact that would eliminate tax on the vast majority of goods flowing between the two, Taiwan officials said Tuesday.
Chinese investments in the United States now exceed American investments in China in an historic shift that may see the emergence of joint Sino-US multinationals, but one that is also fraught with geopolitical risks, said analysts.
Chinese investments in the United States fell year-on-year in the first half, but pending deals and the expected completion of the US-China Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) mean the figure for the year as a whole may rise substantially.
After European- and then US-led bilateral treaties, the world is in the process of shaping the third generation of investment systems, and it is important for China to analyze the new trends and map out its strategy to keep abreast with the times, writes China Daily.
A host of pending trade agreements could help Vietnam reduce its heavy economic reliance on China, but won't unless the country takes bold and difficult steps toward developing alternative supply chains and aggressively building up a domestic base range of fabric and component part manufacturers, economists said.
The two-day high-level dialogue between China and the United States has led to a timetable for talks on a bilateral investment treaty
China and the United States are likely to conclude the first phase of Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) talks soon and start substantive negotiations on the negative list
Thousands of South Korean farmers rallied in Seoul on Thursday, protesting Chinese demands for more access to the local agricultural market as part of a planned free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea.
The Australian Labor Party is proposing to raise the threshold for Chinese investment from 200 million Australian dollars (187 million US dollars) to 1 billion Australian dollars (940 million US dollars) as part of the nation's free-trade agreement (FTA) with China
