11th March 2015
China gets excited about free trade agreements
China will accelerate talks over free trade areas, said its Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng on March 8. The country will "will accelerate talks over free trade areas with Japan and...
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31st January 2015
Australia adds deals with China to Korea and Japan – and eyes India
China and Australia announced in mid-November that a free trade agreement had been initialled. Negotiations started in May 2005. The Australian Prime Minster’s office said it expected the two countries’...
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31st January 2015
2014 Trade agreements: Korea strikes deals with China, Australia, Vietnam and Canada
In addition to its deal with Australia, in early November, Korea announced it had initialled an FTA with China, though said it would not release details until a provisional signature...
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27th December 2013
Cotton Leads announces 30 signatories
Cotton Leads, a promotional device for US and Australian cotton growers, announced 30 participants - none of them retailers or major brands - on December 20, after the programme's mid-October...
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