ISDS Case Map
China
As the world financial crisis persists, developed countries like the United States and China are taking increasingly protectionist stances while they are also aggressively pursuing further liberalization of less developed countries.
China-Japan-South Korea FTA negotiations were launched in November 2012, with the 12th round of the negotiations being held in Tokyo in April 2017.
Trump declared his 11-day swing through Asia a success before heading home, saying that “all countries dealing with us on trade know that the rules have changed.”
China stands ready to work with New Zealand to advance their talks on upgrading a bilateral free trade agreement, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said.
Japan and the United States are sailing toward a joint strategy focused on the Indian-Pacific region as one way of containing the maritime advances being made by China into the East China Sea and South China Sea.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Hong Kong, China signed free trade and investment agreements, the sixth economic deal entered into by the 10-member countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet witnessed the signing of a bilateral deal on upgrading the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Negotiations concerning a bilateral investment treaty between China and the United States will not be delayed or obstructed by trade disputes because both countries are under pressure to stimulate their economies, officials and experts said.
China is becoming increasingly wary about negotiations over the 11-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, which includes Japan but not the United States following the latter’s withdrawal.
Cattle exporter Wellard has made its first shipment of beef cattle to China for processing, under the Australia China Free Trade Agreement.
