China


ECFA benefiting wealthy: report
People who possess large amounts of capital appeared to reap benefits from the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), while those on the lower end of the economic scale absorbed the costs, a recently released report on the cross-strait China-Taiwan trade pact signed in June last year suggested.
Pak-China FTA expansion in June
Pakistan and China will discuss expansion of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries in the coming June with an aim to boost bilateral trade.
Pak-China: Talks on free trade begin
The first round of negotiations between Pakistan and China for the second phase of tariff concessions began in Islamabad on Thursday.
Peru exported 140 non-traditional products to China
Peru exported 140 new products from the non-traditional sector to the People's Republic of China in the first year of the enforcement of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), said Thursday Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Carlos Posada.
Taiwan’s trade link with China set to grow
Taiwan is only “a quarter to a third” of the way through opening its economy to the Chinese mainland, President Ma Ying-jeou has said, indicating that he intends to expand greatly a free-trade deal that Taiwan’s opposition says has already gone too far.
Korea needs 3-way free trade deal with Japan, China: official
South Korea needs to sign a three-way free trade deal with Japan and China in a bid to boost prosperity in the Asian region and better prepare for external shocks, a senior finance ministry official said Thursday.
Stop cheap goods from China: AWU
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has renewed its calls for the federal government to protect jobs and producers from Chinese companies dumping subsidised goods in the local market.
China's official proposes immediate start of E Asia FTA talks
East Asia should wait no more for the opening of dialogues over the establishment of a free trade area (FTA) that will help facilitate the global economic recovery, a Chinese commerce official said in Anhui on Tuesday.
China in talks over Panama Canal rival
China is in talks to build an alternative to the Panama Canal that would link Colombia’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail – a move that Bogotá also hopes will spur Washington to push for Congressional approval of a US-Colombia free-trade pact.
Southeast Asia embraces China trade, but how's the relationship? It's complicated.
Lower export barriers are spurring trade and investment from China, but local producers now worry that a flood of cheap Chinese imports will put them out of business.