Tag: CELAC Summit - China

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 08:39 UTC

  China and Chile agree to upgrade trade accord to take advantage of new technologies

  

  China and Chile have agreed to upgrade their free trade agreement (FTA), a move that will boost both economies, a former official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2015 - 08:36 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez to Beijing in February; more financial support from China

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will be travelling to Beijing next month, reciprocating a visit from her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last July, it was officially announced by chief of staff Jorge Capitanich. The meeting was anticipated last Friday in a meeting of the two countries foreign ministers on the sidelines of the CELAC/China ministerial forum held last week in Beijing.

• Saturday, January 10th 2015 - 06:41 UTC

  China pledges 250bn in investments and 500bn in bilateral trade with Latam

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday 250 billion dollars in investment in Latin America over the next five years as part of a drive to boost resource-hungry China’s influence in the region.

• Saturday, January 10th 2015 - 06:22 UTC

  Significance of China for Latam trade and investment underlined by Eclac

  

  The importance of forging closer strategic ties between China and Latin America was underlined by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in her speech to the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean two-day ministerial forum that took place in Beijing.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 06:20 UTC

  Brazil sends foreign minister to China/Celac meeting in Beijing

  

  Brazil's new foreign minister Mauro Vieira has left for Beijing to attend the first ministerial meeting between China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, according to reports from Brasilia.