ISDS Case Map
China
Rcent bilateral talks with the major economies -- US, Japan and EU -- is solid proof of China's emergence as a key player in the global economy.
Christchurch supporters of the Human Rights Torch Relay are asking how New Zealand can consider a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China -- a regime facing allegations of large-scale genocide and organ harvesting.
The Arab world holds an important position in Chinese enterprises' global strategies. It is predicted that China and the Gulf Cooperation Council will sign a free trade agreement soon.
The US and China have agreed to accelerate talks on a bilateral investment treaty amid concern in Beijing that the Chinese are being blocked from buying into US companies and assets.
During the past several years, an increasing number of differences have arisen in the strategic partnership forged between China and the European Union. Among the many critical issues clouding the mutual agenda are differing policy approaches towards Africa.
Major US exporters urged the Bush administration to begin negotiations with the "BRIC" nations -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- on bilateral investment treaties, which they said were critical to US service company efforts to tap those large markets.
On October 31, China's "Industrial Catalog for Foreign Investment (2007 Amendment)", providing guidance for investments that the Chinese Government favors, discourages, or bans, was approved by the State Council and published. It will become effective on December 1, 2007.
New Zealand is on track to complete a "high quality and comprehensive" free trade deal with China by April next year, Prime Minister Helen Clark says. For China, "it's not so much a question of what they agree with New Zealand . . . It's a question of what that then means for negotiations with the European Union or the United States down the track" she added.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is stepping up talks on free trade agreements with China after a similar accord with India was put on hold because of disagreements on tariff cuts.
The two sides should jointly promote the building of bilateral free trade area (FTA) says Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
