The Chinese foreign minister and his GCC counterparts met this week, with the two sides agreeing to "reach [] common ground" on a trade agreement "at an early date."

Yesterday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a "negotiating mandate" for the "U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade." The press release from the Office of Trade Negotiation under Taiwan's Executive Yuan noted that both Taiwan and the United States "

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.

The United States and Taiwan announced today that they would launch a new initiative on bilateral trade issues. In the absence of a free trade agreement, which does not appear likely any time soon, this could end up being the most significant formal bilateral trade-related negotiation between the two governments

Last November, China and Switzerland looked to update the free trade agreement (FTA) they signed in 2013, but recent news reports suggest the efforts may have stalled.

Chinese agencies recently issued multiple documents to implement the upgrade protocol of the trade agreement between China and New Zealand. The new rules entered into force on April 7.

At a meeting of the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements on March 28, WTO members considered the free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mauritius, which those two countries had notified on January 7, 2021 and which entered into force on January 1, 2021. This is the