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More FTA Deals in 2017
Jan 1, 2017China plans to seal free trade agreements with 40 percent of the countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative in 2017, officials said on Tuesday. The nation had already established FTAs or is in talks with 25 countries and ...
Tags: FTA, Belt and Road
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Canada to Provide $350m Boost to Dairy Sector Ahead of CETA
Nov 14, 2016The Canadian government will inject a $350m into the country's dairy sector to support its competitiveness ahead of the likely implementation of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Investment ...
Tags: dairy sector, robotic milker
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POS Bio-Sciences, Apeiron Lanka Partner to Set up Essential Oil Facility in Sri Lanka
Oct 26, 2016POS Bio-Sciences has partnered with Apeiron Lanka to set up a manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka to extract pure essential oils. The new facility will process raw materials from Sri Lankan farmers, employing the local people. Apeiron ...
Tags: Essential Oil, POS Bio-Sciences
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Audi Opens New Automobile Plant in Mexico
Oct 11, 2016German luxury car-maker Audi is expanding its production footprint worldwide by opening a new automobile plant in San José Chiapa, state of Puebla, Mexico. The plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 150,000 ...
Tags: Audi, automobile plant
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Exporter Confidence Plateaus Amid Competing Head and Tailwinds
Aug 25, 2016America’s back, free trade agreements are helping (particularly with China), and Europe remains on Australian business horizons despite Brexit. This is according to the 2016 DHL Export Barometer. However, exporters are muddling ...
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What Will Brexit Mean for Australian Food and Beverage Producers?
Jul 5, 2016Despite indications the poll would be close, the London financial community has been dumbfounded by the decision of a majority of British voters to leave the European Union (EU). However, advocates of the 'Remain Case' were not ...
Tags: Food Producers, Beverage, Brexit
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BMW Starts Construction of New Plant in Mexico
Jun 20, 2016German luxury vehicles maker Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) has broken on a new plant in Mexico. Guests attending the official ceremony in San Luis Potosí included Rogelio Garza Garza, Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce at the ...
Tags: BMW, innovative technologies
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American Markets Absorb Love for Aussie Wine: Wine Australia Report
Apr 21, 2016The United States is still the number one export destination for Australian wine says a new report by Wine Australia. Measuring Australia’s top export markets by value, the US remains on top with exports to the country worth a total ...
Tags: Australian wine, American market
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U.S Poised to Dislodge China as Most Competitive Manufacturer
Apr 6, 2016The United States is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation, moving China into the number two position by 2020, according to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ...
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China-US BIT Matters to The Global Economy
Apr 5, 2016Chinese and U.S. representatives expressed optimism for the future of the China-U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations during a session at this year's Boao Forum for Asia annual conference. Against the backdrop of a global ...
Tags: China-U.S BIT, global economy
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China-S. Korea, China-Australia Ftas to Take Effect on DEC. 20
Dec 22, 2015The Free Trade Agreements that China signed with South Korea and Australia are set to take effect on Sunday. Under the agreements, the countries will implement the first tariff cuts on December 20, and the second cuts on January 1. ...
Tags: Free Trade Agreements
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Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Agreement on Trade in Services Signed in Hong Kong
Dec 16, 2015With 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
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Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Agreement on Trade in Services Signed in Macao
Dec 16, 2015With 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
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Fonterra’s Australian Business Invests $93.9m in Modern Cheese Facility
Dec 3, 2015New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Fonterra’s Australian unit is investing NZD$141m ($93.9m) in the construction of a modern cheese facility at its Stanhope factory premises. The new facility will be constructed in place of the ...
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2014 Business Review XVI: Firmly Seizing the Opportunity to Steadily Promote Silk Road Economic Belt Construction in Eurasia
Oct 23, 2015Against the complex and changeable situation in Eurasia in 2014, China’s Ministry of Commerce braved challenges and firmly seized the opportunity to make breakthrough. China-Russia bilateral trade rose in spite of the unfavorable ...
Tags: Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, trade and economic cooperation