Over 50 World Trade Organization (WTO) members have reached agreement on phasing out tariffs on imports of 201 information technology products. The deal was announced at a WTO ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The ...
Tags: IT Product, Tariff Cuts, printers, cartridges
The Chinese and Kenyan governments have signed three agreements on the financing of China-aided projects in the East African nation. The three deals on a total funding of 152.4 million U.S. dollars were signed in Nairobi on Wednesday by ...
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Foreign buyers look at motorbikes during the 118th China Import and Export Fair, also known as Canton Fair, in Guangzhou city, south China's Guangdong province, 15 October 2015. [File Photo: ImagineChina] Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao ...
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Chinese Minister of Commence Gao Hucheng and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman discussed and reached consensus on the negotiations on the expansion of the WTO Information Technology Agreement on Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya. ...
China on Wednesday said abandoning multilateralism in trade talks were shortsighted and irresponsible, urging members of the world's major trade body to reinforce the Multilateral Trading System (MTS) and highlight its role in addressing ...
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With the approval of the State Council, Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen and Director of the Department of Finance of Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government John Tsang Chun-wah signed Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic ...
Tags: CEPA, Hong Kong, Trade in Services
With the approval of the State Council, vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen and Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macao Special Administration Region Government Leong Vai Tac signed Mainland and Macao Closer Economic ...
Tags: CEPA, liberalization, trade in services, Macao
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that Canada and Mexico could impose tariffs worth $1bn on goods from the US in response to the latter's COOL law. The global trade body stated that the US meat labelling law is ...
Tags: meat labelling law, livestock
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)’s certification program for global soy suppliers ADM Responsible Soybean Standard has gained recognition from the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) and the International Trade Centre ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Appellate Body has ruled in favoured Mexico over the US in a trade dispute, stating that the US requirement for dolphin-safe tuna labels was discriminatory to Mexican fishermen. The latest ...
Tags: Tuna Fish Products, Labeling
The Chinese government handed over an appeal to set up a panel to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism on EU’s tariff quota on poultry on June 19, 2015, requiring to hand over the case to review panel. Official from the Department of ...
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The 11thseminar of the series of seminars called the “Brilliant 12th Five Year” was held on October 19 in Beijing. Our Journalist interviewed the reporter, China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce ...
The CPC Central Committee and the State Council place a high priority on introducing the negative list system for market access. In Nov. 2013, the Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee set forth to ‘implement a uniform ...
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has worked with the General Administration of Customs, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange to entrust the Academy of Mathematics and System Science, ...
Tags: bilateral trade, global value chains, trade in value added
The 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade was successfully held in Chicago, the United States, on December 16-18, 2014. Consensus has been reached by China and the United States as follows: Export Control: The ministries ...