ISDS Case Map
China
On the misty hill slopes of northern Thailand the chill in the air encourages roses to grow to a size larger than apples. Hundreds of these large blooms, in colours ranging from red and crimson to orange and white, are harvested daily to feed the flower markets of Bangkok.
The head of Australia's biggest steel maker, BlueScope Steel, has questioned the value of a free-trade deal with China and urged the Federal Government to even up tariffs on steel traded between the countries.
Legislators in Chile's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a free trade agreement with China. The agreement, China's first with a Latin American nation, now passes to the Senate for final ratification.
Pakistan will sign free trade agreements (FTA) with Singapore, China and Malaysia by the end of 2006, the country's commerce minister said on Tuesday.
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson is now carrying out a new policy that is ready to start up negotiation on bilateral trade agreement with China and hopes to relax EU and China trade issues through this mechanism.
The failure to reach agreement on the Doha round suggests the era of multilateral trade agreements is coming to an end.
China and Iceland plan to begin formal negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement soon following successful talks earlier this month.
China will recognize products from the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North as made in South Korea, a high-ranking government official in Seoul said Monday.
A lucrative free trade deal with China is hovering on the horizon but some believe the New Zealand government's politically correct stance may damage business potential relationships.
