Peru and Panama on Thursday signed bilateral agreements to launch free trade negotiations. Under the agreements, the two countries will start to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) aimed at strengthening economic integration and boosting trade between both countries. These agreements were signed by Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Mart...
Russia will gradually raise the import taxes for the foreign-made cars, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday. Putin noted this would be done to stimulate foreign companies to build their production facilities in Russia. Putin explained that first the import duties would be raised for used cars and later for the new cars, since Russian c...
Investments in Bangladesh increased 127 percent to 57.26 billion taka (about 818 million U.S. dollars) in July from 25.21 billion taka (About 360 million U.S. dollars) a month ago. According to the Board of Investment (BoI), the local investment grew 122 percent, while the joint and foreign investment grew 176 percent in July. As many as 153 industr...
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on Thursday said it cut a deal with the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority to boost sea trading route connecting Asia, the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. eastern coast. Under a memorandum of understanding, both sides will strive to enhance the route, known as "all water." The route serves 17 states and 14 rivers...
New Zealand exporters should be targeting markets such as aspiring middle classes in China where people can afford to buy premium New Zealand produce such as wines, said New Zealand Agriculture Minister David Carter. "The challenge we have is to make sure the Chinese middle class gets a taste for New Zealand wine, because that middle class is huge," he ...
China's only Muslim autonomous region is hoping to set up a free trade zone to expand two-way trade with Islamic countries, the local government said Friday. "We are hoping to further trade and economic cooperation with the world's Muslim community," said Ma Fu, head of the commerce department in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Ma said the regional...
Uruguayan Vice President Danilo Astori said in Beijing Friday that Uruguay welcomes more Chinese companies doing business in the country. He made the remarks at a seminar at the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the largest institution for the promotion of foreign trade in China. The seminar grouped more than 100 Chinese an...
Higher milk powder, butter and cheese exports led a 12 percent rise in the total value of exports in July to 3.6 billion NZ dollars (2.6 billion U.S. dollars), showed figures releaseed by Statistics New Zealand on Monday. Dairy exports increased by almost a third in July, followed by strong increases in boats, ships and wood products. The value of i...
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