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China
China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Friday expressed their positive attitude towards speeding up research about establishing a free trade area (FTA) amid the fast-growth economic ties between the two countries.
Trade Minister Mark Vaile signalled a major assault on tariffs, quarantine systems and intellectual property laws as part of free trade negotiations with China.
Despite last week’s political hype caused by Prime Minister Helen Clark’s talks with China’s top leadership - much of it fuelled by Clark - there is a big gap between the two sides on free-trade talks.
Negotiating a free-trade deal with China will secure our interests and smooth the way for further exports.
China's decision to accelerate free trade talks with New Zealand will deliver Prime Minister Helen Clark a huge electoral "plum" if a deal is cemented before September.
A mammoth regional grouping involving Asean and other countries and groups is in the works.
The China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) will spur regional integration and address China's security issues relating to food and energy supply, Merrill Lynch said.
Prime Minister Helen Clark has told China's leaders she wants New Zealand to be the first developed nation to sign a free-trade deal with the Asian economic powerhouse.
Taiwan desperately needs a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States to protect itself against rival China's growing economic dominance, the island's President Chen Shui-bian told a visiting US senator.
On Friday, Chile will formally unveil free trade agreements with New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei, building on existing agreements with South Korea, Canada, the US and the European Union. Next on Chile's FTA hit list are Asian giants China, Japan and India.
