The Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng attended and addressed the Motivating and Deployment Conference of Expanding and Opening the Comprehensive Pilots of Service Industry in Beijing on September 14. Gao Hucheng pointed out that the ...
The 14th SCO Economic and Trade Ministers’ Meeting concluded in Xi’an on September 16. The chairman of the meeting, the head of Chinese delegation, and the Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng attended the news conference and ...
On September 18, the Symposium on “Trade Facilitation & Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of WTO” was held in Nanning, Guangxi. The symposium was sponsored by the organizing committee of China-ASEAN ...
On September 17, Vice Premier Wang Yang met with the leaders of the delegations for the 14th Economic and Trade Ministers’ Meeting of SCO in Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai. On behalf of the Chinese government, Wang Yang expressed ...
On September 16, 2015, a violent magnitude 8.4 earthquake hit the fourth region in North Chile, affecting most regions of the country. The strong earthquake caused large casualties and financial loss to the people of Chile. In order to ...
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Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen met with Willy Alfaro, Director of Trade Policies Review Division of the WTO Secretariat in Beijing on September 22. They exchanged views on China’s preparatory work for the 6th trade policy review. ...
A 10-year contract for a newly built wall-to-wall metal packaging operation in South Korea has been signed. International packaging company Ardagh Group and South Korean food processor Sajo are in partnership on the plant contrac, which ...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this week been finalised after negotiations began in 2010. The TPP centers on a free trade zone between 12 countries located around the Pacific rim including Australia, the US, New Zealand, ...
On September 22, during President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the Government of the U.S. Washington State jointly held the Seminar on the Economic and Trade Cooperation between ...
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On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
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The 2nd China-Russa Expo was inaugurated in Haerbin on October 11. This China-Russia Expo, themed on “Docking Cooperation-New Opportunities of the Silk Road Economic Belt”, is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, the ...
Tags: electromechanical, customs, railway, forest resources exploitation
Ford is planning to invest $1.8bn over the next five years in China to boost its research and development efforts in the field of smartphone connectivity, autonomous driving and other smart car features. China is a major market for ...
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The Indian government intends to slash LED bulb retail prices from the average retail price of INR 300 (US $4.52) to INR 44 (US$ 0.66) under its DELP scheme, reported Times of India. "The government is looking to bring down the price of ...
Tags: LED bulbs, retail price, Indian market, DELP scheme
Leading LED chip manufacturer Epistar’s has raised the number of job cuts from the previously announced 65 to about 180, reported UDN. Job cuts at the company’s factories in northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu Science Park will ...
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According to the latest 2015 Global LED Industry Supply and Demand Database Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, capacity expansion efforts of Chinese LED chip manufacturers have resulted a supply glut with this year’s LED ...