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8 November 2018
China kicked off its inaugural International Import Expo (CIIE) this week in Shanghai, bringing together a host of participants from around the world from 5-10 November to discuss the current and future landscape of trade and investment. The six-day event, the first of its kind to focus solely on...
1 November 2018
The leaders of China and Japan endorsed a series of deals last week, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visiting Beijing for landmark, high-level discussions on trade and infrastructure cooperation with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. The event was being watched closely...
20 September 2018
US President Donald Trump announced this week that an additional list of Chinese products will face tariffs, starting 24 September, with the affected goods worth an estimated US$200 billion.The news has reignited trade tensions with Beijing, with the Asian economy’s government confirming that they...
19 July 2018
Chinese and EU leaders met in Beijing, China, on Monday 16 July for a high-level summit, which saw them affirm their support for a rules-based trading system with the WTO at its core, establish a working group on reforming the organisation, and confirm key advances in a separate negotiating process...
19 July 2018
Trade officials at WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, wrapped up their review of China’s trade policies and macroeconomic environment on Friday 13 July, capping two days of discussions that touched on topics such as industrial overcapacity, national industrial strategy, and intellectual...
12 July 2018
The first instalment of the US’ Section 301 tariffs on China took effect on Friday 6 July, targeting US$34 billion worth of Chinese products with an ad valorem tariff of 25 percent. The sectors affected by the tariffs include automobiles, aerospace, information and communications technology, and...
12 July 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged to deepen trade cooperation between them this week, including on supporting the multilateral order. They also endorsed nearly two dozen accords aimed at easing trade and investment between them. "On trade issues as in other...
5 July 2018
Economic relations between China and African nations have generated much interest among development experts and practitioners over the last two decades. Behind this attention lies the high stakes for Africa regarding the opportunities and challenges involved in the deepening relationship with the...
5 July 2018
While economic ties between China and African countries have vastly expanded over the past decades, falling commodity prices and rising debt levels risk reversing this process. Can China’s Belt and Road Initiative reinvigorate the relationship? Economic links between China and Africa have increased...
5 July 2018
As Chinese firms and capital play an increasingly dominant role in African infrastructure development, what are the potential opportunities for promoting sustainable development? And what social and environmental risks could this trend entail? Across African cities, Chinese-emblazoned signs litter...
5 July 2018
As China’s four-decade long demographic dividend is coming to an end, the country is actively seeking to seize new economic opportunities in higher-value-added productive activities. Could Africa be the big winner of this economic restructuring? In September, leaders of China and most African...
5 July 2018
While in the development community and beyond, there is a widespread feeling that China is investing heavily in Africa, factual data shows the precise opposite. How can this be explained, and what is the real nature of China’s economic engagement on the continent? China’s official data on outward...
5 July 2018
China’s growing interest in supporting the development of Africa’s telecom infrastructure has been met with suspicion in some quarters. Is such engagement favouring the emergence of an authoritarian version of the information society on the continent? Huawei, China’s leading telecom equipment...
5 July 2018
Crafting a Framework on Investment Facilitation – ICTSD – June 2018 A coalition of over 70 WTO members endorsed a Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development during the global trade club’s 11 th Ministerial Conference. The statement outlined the group’s interest in...
5 July 2018
China’s State Council published a “white paper” last week outlining how Beijing’s involvement in the WTO has facilitated domestic economic reforms while also contributing to multilateralism and the performance of the global economy. The paper’s release comes shortly before a biennial WTO review of...
28 June 2018
The administration of US President Donald Trump is planning to support legislation that would upgrade existing measures for preventing “harmful foreign acquisitions” from foreign firms that could risk sensitive technologies. The announcement comes after weeks of uncertainty over whether Washington...
28 June 2018
Top officials from the EU and China pledged on Monday 25 June to ramp up efforts to negotiate a sweeping investment accord, along with confirming plans to set up a “working group” on reforming the World Trade Organization. The discussions, convened in the context of an existing platform known as...