Archive for the 'Europe' Category
Norway, China expect to sign FTA accord this year: minister
Norway is willing to enhance economic and trade cooperation with China, and make efforts to promote Norway-China free trade agreement to be reached as early as this year, said Norwegian Minister of Tr... Read More
China signs $1 bln contracts with Turkey
China and Turkey signed 38 contracts worth of 1.05 billion U.S. dollars at the end of the forum on economic cooperation and investment here on Friday. The deals cover Chinese imports of minerals, marb... Read More
China, Switzerland launch joint feasibility study for bilateral FTA
China and Switzerland on Monday launched a joint study to examine the feasibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries. The joint study will examine the topics covered by free tra... Read More
China’s COSCO takes over container business at Greek port
The Greek Piraeus Port Authority on Wednesday signed an agreement on transferring the operation of Piraeus container terminals to China’s COSCO Pacific Ltd. From Thursday on, Pier 2 and Pier 3 o... Read More
Can Chinese model be replicated?
The Chinese model has been a hot topic in recent years. Although there is no clear definition for it, generally, it refers to a development model which based on specific national condition, sticks to ... Read More
Wen: Market economy good for Sino-EU ties
The European Union’s early recognition of China’s market economy status will be conducive to bilateral relations and free trade, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday. “The EU sh... Read More
Ministry: China’s trade surplus with EU to ease from last year
China’s trade surplus with the European Union (EU) for 2009 will be less than last year, a senior official of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Monday. Trade surplus with the EU has already ea... Read More
Fighting a backlash: Chinese businesses abroad
More than 60,000 Chinese did business as shop keepers and importers in Moscow’s Cherkizovsky market. It was, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Moscow said, the largest Chinese community in Russ... Read More
Spanish Arson a Warning to ‘Made in China’
On September 16, 2004, a Chinese-owned shoe warehouse was burnt down in Elche, Spain, causing damages worth over 1 million euro. This incident sounds a warning to China’s developing foreign trad... Read More
Protecting Chinese businessmen abroad
As globalization deepens and China’s economy develops, more and more Chinese people will go abroad to do business with “Made-in-China” products. They have contributed much to the dev... Read More
Brazil to host China, Portuguese-speaking countries business meeting
Brazil will host the Forum on Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries in August, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil) said Thursday.... Read More
ZPMC inks $2.2b deal with Spanish firm
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry (ZPMC), the world’s largest manufacturer of heavy-duty equipment, has inked a deal worth $2.2 billion with Spanish marine oil and gas explorer ADHK for supply of ... Read More
EU courts China over climate deal
The European Union (EU) is eager to strengthen dialogue with China in order to thrash out an agreement on climate change ahead of the massive international meeting on the issue set for Copenhagen in D... Read More
