ISDS Case Map
China
A free trade deal with China may take up to five years to negotiate but it will cover contentious areas including cuts to Australia's textile and clothing tariffs.
China will continue to actively pursue the establishment of free trade areas (FTA) after starting talks on this issue with 23 countries across the world.
Many New Zealanders are very concerned about free trade with China for various reasons.
Pakistan and China want finalisation of an early harvest programme to finally sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
A joint study group, consisting of members from China, Japan and South Korea, issued a report recently on possible trilateral investment arrangements between the three countries, which recommended that a legal framework concerning investment among the three countries should be explored in the near future. Such an investment arrangement, if well operated, would give a fresh boost to the start of FTA negotiations.
Why would a super-nation such as China single out New Zealand for trade talks when other countries are lining up?
Despite concerns over piracy, New Zealand IT firms are licking their lips over free trade with China.
The Howard Government is moving inevitably towards a free trade agreement with China. That is no bad thing. In the absence of any meaningful progress at the World Trade Organisation, a medium-sized economy such as Australia has few options but to pursue bilateral pacts with powerhouse economies such as China.
China and Chile are satisfied with the achievements of their first round of talks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
We - farmers, fisherfolks, rural women, workers from the formal and informal sectors, and NGOs belonging to the Stop the New Round! Coalition - express our strong opposition to the Philippines government's mad pursuit of bilateral free trade agreements particularly with Japan, China and the USA.
