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China’s e-Commerce Market Booming
As Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba prepares for its IPO through the New York Stock Exchange, the Dalian Wanda group in China announced on Friday that it would be entering into an ...
Upgrade of ASEAN-China FTA to be Negotiated
At the 13th AEM-MOFCOM conference held earlier this week in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, it was agreed to upgrade the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACTFA) in order to ensure that it remains relevant ...
Foreign Automakers Gain Market Share in China
A recent report revealed that domestic automakers in China are losing market share to foreign automakers at a steady rate that appears set to continue as multinational corporations set up ...
China and Cuba Discuss Trade and Investment
As the last stop on his four-country Latin American tour, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Cuban President Raúl Castro to discuss, among other things, increasing bilateral trade and ...
Swiss-China FTA Set to Increase Trade
The Free Trade Agreement signed by Swiss Federal Councilor Johann Schneider-Ammann and Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng on July 6, 2013, came into effect on July 8, 2014, making ...
China Aims For AIIB Founding By Year-End
Initially proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit held in Bali last October, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is reportedly ...
CIFTIS: Promoting Trade in Services in China
Taking place on May 28 to June 1, 2014, the China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) offers a comprehensive platform for promoting international trade in services. ...
US Agricultural Trade Mission to Northeast China
According to statistics gathered by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture, China accounts for close to twenty percent of all farm exports ...
China’s Trade with Portuguese-Speaking Countries Grows
Recent statistics from China's International Chamber of Commerce reveal that more than a fifth of all trade China does with Africa is with the Portuguese-speaking countries of Cape Verde, ...
Business Opportunities at 2014 Canton Fair
First held in 1957, the Canton Fair is a trade event that takes place biennially (April and October) in the city Guangzhou, in the Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. The ...
China Promotes New-Energy Vehicles
In an effort to boost sales of electric-powered cars, China is reportedly considering cutting or waiving the 10 percent purchase tax applicable to new car purchases. The promotion of what ...
Developer’s Default Indicative of Economic Slowdown
In addition to experiencing a slowdown in its property sector, China's property market received a blow this week with the collapse of real estate developer Zhejiang Xingrun Real Estate Co. ...
