ISDS Case Map
China
While media coverage of the China-NZ Free Trade Agreement has focused almost entirely on the possible dollar gains, scant attention has been paid to the equally valid exposure of New Zealand to compensation claims -- should any NZ government be so bold in future as to pass laws or regulations that a foreign investor feels will impact on profitability.
The government on Wednesday said a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China was not a "priority" for India due to "deep divisions" within the government and opposition from the industry.
The Rudd government is considering giving cashed-up Chinese companies the same investment rights enjoyed by the US in a bid to revitalise free-trade talks.
Compared with a multilateral organization like the WTO, FTAs are much more convenient for China in several aspects.
On April 7, China and New Zealand signed a free trade agreement (FTA) covering trade in goods and services as well as investment, making it the first FTA reached by China with a developed country.
The Government was stung by suggestions yesterday that its much vaunted free trade agreement with China was linked to the loss of 430 jobs in Fisher and Paykel's Mosgiel dishdrawer plant and hit back at the company.
China will now be seeking to extrapolate figures upwards in every other developed country FTA -- starting with Australia -- into very significant numbers, based on what we, with our tiny population, were willing to concede.
President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that Pakistan and China were close to signing another Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on trade and services that would further boost their economic and commercial ties.
Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean said China has agreed to unfreeze negotiations
