2012-05-18 - Turkey Turns to East Africa; Follows China

Turkey is now emulating China’s push to boost trade with East Africa, on top of eroding the market share of Africa’s traditional European and North American trading partners. Turkey's trade with Africa has recently exceeded the US$ 10 billion mark - slightly less than one tent...[»]

2012-05-18 - Car Exports to US, China and Russia Drive Growth as Trade Deficit Narrows

Britain's trade deficit shrank to £2.7billion in March after a surge in exports of cars and chemicals to the US, China and Russia. Chemicals and cars were the driving force behind a 12 per cent growth on exports to non-EU nations. However, European exports, which were flat mon...[»]

2012-05-17 - Korea-Japan Free Trade Talks to Resume in Year`s 2nd Half

The government will resume free trade talks with Japan, which have been suspended since 2004. Seoul will likely make an official announcement on the resumption as early as the year`s latter half. Behind Korea`s attempt to resume free trade talks with Japan in this year`s secon...[»]

2012-05-17 - Exploring Opportunities for S'pore SMEs in Central China

Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck will be in China to help pave the way for Singapore's small and medium enterprises to establish a stronger economic presence in the Central China region. He will meet Chinese officials and key business leaders to gain a dee...[»]

2012-05-16 - UAE, China Trade Hits $35bn after Decade of Growth

Trade between the UAE and China has grown by 35% annually in the past decade to $35bn in 2011, said Sheikha Lubna Bint Khaled Al-Qassimi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, at the China-Arab Leadership Forum 2012. China is one of the UAE's most prolific petroleum importers, while ...[»]

2012-05-16 - Taiwan Needs to Speed up Trade Talks: Minister

Taiwan should speed up the progress of talks with its major trade partners because China, Japan and South Korea have decided to launch talks on a proposed free-trade bloc, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said yesterday. Such economic cooperation would establish th...[»]

2012-05-15 - Trade, Investment Targets with China: Ambitious but Achievable

There was understandably a positive reaction to the recent announcement of an agreement between Thailand and China to try and increase bilateral trade by 20 percent annually over the next five years.[»]

2012-05-15 - Resource-Rich Canada Looks to China for Growth

Now, Canadian officials and executives also are betting their future on China. The shift is sharpest here in Western Canada, rich in resources and closer to China. Last year for the first time ever, British Columbia sent more exports to the Pacific Rim than to the U.S. Chinese...[»]

2012-05-14 - Indo-China Border Opens for Readymade Garment Trade

Garments have now been included in the revised list of tradable items through the Indo-China border, issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Seven new items in exports and five new items in imports have been...[»]

2012-05-14 - China Eyes Japan as the Land of Opportunity

China may enjoy a healthy trade surplus with the U.S. and Western Europe, but when it comes to Japan, the Chinese are always in the red. Last year China had a $19 billion trade deficit with Japan, thanks in part to Chinese imports of made-in-Japan machinery and components. In ...[»]