Tag: China

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 - 06:07 UTC

  China's leading role in Argentina reviewed and confirmed by Macri

  

  China’s role in Argentina’s foreign relations will be more balanced than during the Kirchner administrations, with a larger role played instead by the United States and European countries, the country’s ambassador to Beijing Diego Guelar said, claiming Chinese investment will have to be more competitive.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 18:11 UTC

  Argentina and China address fishing vessels poaching in the South Atlantic

  

  The Argentine news agency Pescare reports that the repeated illegal incursion of Asian vessels in Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone prompted the issue to be addressed during the recent meeting of the bilateral Argentina/China Subcommittee on Fisheries.

• Saturday, May 21st 2016 - 08:46 UTC

  Malcorra successfully completes negotiations with China and meets on Monday in Buenos Aires with Serra

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra held another round of talks with high level Chinese officers in Beijing, as part of her official visit to China to promote trade, investment and the special strategic relation between the two countries. But also cut short her visit to other countries to be back in Buenos Aires next Monday in time to meet with her new Brazilian peer, Jose Serra to address the bilateral agenda and Mercosur among other issues.

• Friday, May 20th 2016 - 06:48 UTC

  Argentina reassures China bilateral cooperation remains a priority for the Macri administration

  

  Argentina on Thursday sought to reassure China that bilateral cooperation remained a priority for its new government amid growing concerns over political changes in the South American country. After a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra said investment projects with China would go ahead.

• Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:51 UTC

  With a subsidy production scheme, Argentina is back exporting oil, mainly to China

  

  Argentine oil producers are shipping record volumes of crude this month, spurred by a new government subsidy that has also prompted state-owned oil company YPF to return to the export market for the first time in years.

• Thursday, April 28th 2016 - 12:05 UTC

  China plans to track moon spacecrafts from its station in Argentine Patagonia

  

  In March next year, China's space and satellite tracking station in Quintuco, Argentine Patagonia will become operational, according to members from China's Space Agency, CLTC, who advanced that in June scientists will be mounting the station's antenna to explore outer space.

• Friday, April 15th 2016 - 09:00 UTC

  China's economy expanded 6.7% in the first quarter, in line with Beijing growth target

  

  China's economy grew 6.7% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same time last year, announced the government. It is the slowest quarterly growth in the Chinese economy in seven years, but in line with expectations and China's own growth targets.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 08:07 UTC

  Argentina and China reaffirm strategic relation and agree to review contracts

  

  China has agreed to review contracts signed with Argentina, which need modifications, for the sake of transparency, according to Buenos Aires sources, but the overall strategic relation between the two countries and a raft of accords in different fields stands and is expected to continue to grow.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:14 UTC

  Beijing reminds Argentina of the jigger sinking before a possible meeting of Macri with Xi Jinping

  

  Beijing said that it “expects Argentina to perform according to law” in reference to the recent sinking of a Chinese flagged jigger by the country's Coast Guard and which was operating in Argentina's EEZ. The announcement is considered significant in Buenos Aires since Argentine president Mauricio Macri is expecting to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping in Washington, next Friday in the framework of the Nuclear security summit.

• Monday, March 28th 2016 - 05:47 UTC

  Macri visit to China in September: the strategic relation with Beijing stands, says Argentine ambassador

  

  Argentine ambassador to Beijing Diego Guelar confirmed a meeting between President Mauricio Macri and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next April first on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit that begins next week in Washington and anticipated an official visit to China by Macri in September.