China and New Zealand recently announced that an upgraded set of bilateral trade rules would come into force in April. The new rules would facilitate trade in goods and services and could boost bilateral trade flows.

On the sidelines of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over the weekend, China and Ecuador signed a memorandum on the official launch of the negotiations of a China-Ecuador free trade agreement, and also discussed debt renegotiations.

The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs is in a week-long series of meetings with a high-level delegation of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members. During the meetings, the officials discussed cooperation on trade, the Belt and Road Initiative, strategic partnerships and other topics.

Three U.S. Senators -- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) -- have called on the Biden administration to tighten up rules of origin related to U.S. trade agreements. In a recent letter [https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_

During an August 23 press conference [http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/46624/wz46626/Document/1710966/1710966.htm] (link in Chinese) held by the State Council Information Office, officials from China’s Ministry of Commerce expressed interest in pursuing free trade agreements, as they referred to foreign

In the midst of rising economic [https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/australia-china-economic-and-trade-relations-are-heading-for-a-hard-reset/] and broader [https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/china-australia-slump-continues-to-deepen/] tensions between Australia and China, on March 2, 2021 the Australian government released its “post-implementation review” of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement ChAFTA (ChAFTA entered into force on December 20,

There have been several recent developments related to China-Africa economic relations arising from the visit to Africa by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. At a January 4 press conference [https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1844368.shtml], Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying discussed