ISDS Case Map
China
China and Costa Rica said they will conduct a feasibility study on a free trade agreement -- four months after the two established formal diplomatic ties.
South Korea and China will hold a third round of preliminary talks this week on a possible free trade agreement, the foreign ministry said Monday.
India's apex business chamber FICCI said India should not rush into a Free Trade Agreement with China, warning that ambitious tariff cuts can derail the growth momentum in bilateral trade.
New Zealand negotiators have been accused of being 'too scared' to bring up human rights with China's communist officials during free trade discussions.
China has started construction of a bonded harbor area that will form part of a future free trade zone with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
China and India have started to talk in terms of a free trade agreement, which would mean a giant stride in the relationship between the two countries. Officials of the two nations are scheduled to meet in New Delhi next month to work out some of the modalities that would pave the way for serious negotiations on the proposed FTA.
The draft accord signed on Monday foresees Chinese companies gaining copper/cobalt, gold and nickel concessions under repayment deals that would also include toll revenues from the roads and railways to be constructed.
The next round of talks on a joint study of a free trade area between China and the Republic of Korea will take place next month in Beijing, the ROK deputy prime minister and minister of finance and economy has told China Daily.
The value of trade between China and ASEAN may hit $200 billion next year in advance of the targeted ASEAN-China Free Trade Area in 2010 as tariff cuts take effect. China's exports to ASEAN surged 34 percent between January and July this year, while imports grew 22.4 percent.
Iceland, one of the world's largest fish producers, is moving closer to a free trade deal with China, one of the world's fastest growing consumers of seafood. European fish processors are worried that the price of white fish, salmon and prawns could rise even higher than they are now if China becomes a fish buyer in a big way.
