China-Central America relations

This week, China and El Salvador announced that they will start the negotiations for a trade agreement. This will be the fourth set of trade talks between a Latin American country and China that have begun this year, as China's trade with the region has been growing steadily.

China's customs agency recently published the regulatory guidelines for aquatic imports from Nicaragua, the most recent move by China to bolster bilateral trade after the two countries reestablished diplomatic relations last December.

China and Nicaragua announced that they will launch a free trade agreement (FTA) negotiation, and in the meantime agreed on some tariff cuts that will lay the foundation for the FTA.