ISDS Case Map
China
Talks between China and Peru to set up a free trade agreement are well underway. The Andean country says it hopes to become China's most important commercial link in Latin America.
Kai Luey, president of the New Zealand Chinese Association, says China is using its first free trade agreement as a "guinea pig" to deals with other countries while New Zealand's dairy industry will be the big winner from the pact.
New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff says formal talks have now ended on a free trade deal with China. He says all outstanding issues have been resolved after 15 rounds of negotiations. Negotiators will now work their way through about 1000 pages of text before the deal goes to Cabinet for approval.
China has signed a new free trade area (FTA) agreement, sources with the Ministry of Commerce disclosed but declined to elaborate.
Indicating that a free trade agreement (FTA) with China is a long way off, commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday that New Delhi and Beijing would not have any discussions on such a pact during 2008.
India Inc may have got some ammunition to ward off a free trade agreement with China. A study has revealed a steep growth in major manufactured good imports from China.
India and China are expected to sign dozens of trade deals during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day visit to China from January 13, but India is wary of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China.
A Chinese business delegation is in Costa Rica to explore the possibilities of a bilateral free trade agreement. The feasibility study would take at least six months.
Mexicans can't match the low wages and cheap production of China, and they can't keep up with the technology and productivity of the US and other industrialized economies.
One of the objectives of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's forthcoming visit to Beijing is to push for a free trade accord between India and China, preliminary work on which has begun.
