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Hong Kong
Legislation requiring tobacco products to be in plain packaging was passed by Australia's House of Representatives last night. This is the first such measure in the world to become law.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she won't be intimidated by big tobacco after Philip Morris launched legal action to try to force the government to back down on introducing plain packaging for cigarettes.
Hong Kong and the member states of the European Free Trade Association, namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, signed a Free Trade Agreement today (June 21) in Liechtenstein.
New Zealand and Hong Kong launched a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) Monday which New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said was part of a regional drive towards trade growth through liberalisation.
As signed on 29 March 2010
Hong Kong and New Zealand have signed a closer economic partnership agreement -- Hong Kong's first free trade pact with a foreign economy.
New Zealand and Hong Kong will today sign a closer economic partnership(CEP) agreement, building on the free trade agreement with China.
Trade Minister Tim Groser will sign a free trade agreement with Hong Kong when he visits there on Monday.
Hong Kong and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which comprises Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, are set to begin talks aimed at hammering out a free trade pact in early 2010.
New Zealand (NZ) and Hong Kong have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) on the back of recently concluded trade talks.
