Tag: Chen Deming

• Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:38 UTC

  WTO deal on government buying, opens 100bn dollars of government contracts

  

  The World Trade Organization reached on Thursday a landmark reform on its Government Procurement Agreement, opening 100 billion dollars of government contracts to foreign competition and paving the way for more countries, including China, to join the pact.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 17:39 UTC

  Brazil non automatic import licences on blankets from China and Uruguay

  

  Brazil announced it was imposing non automatic import licences on synthetic fibre blankets from Paraguay, Uruguay and China, according to an official communiqué from the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade released Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 05:51 UTC

  China ready to increase trade and investments in Brazil but infrastructure lacking

  

  China moved to smooth economic relations with Brazil on Monday, saying it was open to more Brazilian exports and that Chinese firms will broaden their investments in the country.

• Monday, May 16th 2011 - 05:02 UTC

  Beijing promises more trade and investments but Argentina must respect Chinese exports

  

  China Trade Minister Chen Deming promised to further increase bilateral trade with Argentina which last year reached 13.5 billion US dollars but also asked for reciprocity regarding China’s exports.

• Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 21:20 UTC

  Rare trade deficit in China; conflicting opinions as to the reasons

  

  Chinese trade figures released Thursday show a surprising deficit for February, as export growth slowed and import numbers remained strong. Chinese statistics released Thursday show that the country registered a trade deficit in February of 7.3 billion US dollars.