ISDS Case Map
China
After it emerged that the UK was seeking membership of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), trade figures in Asia have expressed openness to the idea, but confusion as to how realistic it is.
China's new zero-import duty policy threatens to sour Kashmir's famed apples for farmers. China's proposal which falls under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)'s ambit of a free-trade pact, could sound the death knell for the Rs 7,000 crore fruit industry.
Both and Japan are pursuing their own initiatives to call shots in Asia, which may have ramifications for businesses and economies in the Mena region.
Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Yang Wanming urged Latin American nations to increase trade ties to China, promoting Beijing’s “One Belt One Road” project and warning Beijing will begin a “greater push” to conquer trade in the hemisphere.
In December 2017, the trade and industry ministers of South Korea agreed to expedite negotiations to expand the two countries' two-year-old free trade agreement to include the service and investment sectors.
China wants no more damage to Pakistan in bilateral trade which is why the former has offered to re-initiate the stalled talks on Free Trade Agreement-II in February 2018.
China and Moldova have formally agreed to begin talks on the establishment of a free-trade deal.
The deal is the first FTA that China has signed with a country along the Silk Road Economic Belt.
In 2018, there will be negotiations on 10 new FTAs and a joint feasibility study of another 10 FTAs, says Chinese Ministry of Commerce official
The 16th round of the EU-China investment agreement negotiations took place in Brussels from the 12th to the 15th of December 2017.
