Import & Export

• Textile export rise "short-term phenomenon"
  May 29, 2005
  Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai said the surge of textile and garments' exports of the country is a "short-term phenomenon" in the wake of the elimination of quota regime.
• EU takes textiles dispute with China to WTO
  May 28, 2005
  The European Union has taken its dispute with Chinese textile imports to the World Trade Organization, forcing Beijing to immediately curb shipments of two sensitive trade categories — T-shirts and flax yarn.
• China tries to prod US to lift quotas
  May 27, 2005
  China said Friday that its own tariffs imposed in an effort to restrain surging exports won't apply to goods already affected by foreign controls, an apparent attempt to prod Washington to lift textile import quotas.
• China upbeat over Sino-US trade
  May 6, 2005
  China is optimistic about Sino-US economic and trade relations despite friction between the two countries, a top official said.
• No trade war between EU & China over textiles
  May 5, 2005
  The European Union's top trade negotiator has dismissed the possibility of a trade war with China over surging Chinese textile imports and rejected "precipitate" EU action against Beijing.
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) becomes China's 4th largest trade partner
  May 5, 2005
  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has turned out to be China's fourth largest trade partner with trade volume between the two sides topping US$27.5 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 25 percent year-on-year.
• China to assure Europe on textile exports
  May 5, 2005
  China sought to assure France and EU that it was taking concrete steps to stem a surge in textile exports to Europe and predicted that the pace of such shipments would ease between now and July.
• China to sell more aircraft to African market
  April 29, 2005
  China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Cooperation (CATIC) aims to sell more Chinese-made aircraft to Egyptian and African customers, a senior official from CATIC's parent company said Thursday.
• WTO fearing escalation of textile trade row
  April 29, 2005
  The World Trade Organization is urging the European Union and China to talk through their dispute over booming Chinese textile exports amid fears that an outright clash would be a severe test for the global trade body.
• China: EU textile move could harm trade ties
  April 27, 2005
  China warned the European Union that bilateral trade relations are under threat from the EU's plans to impose limits on Chinese textile exports, reaffirming its strong opposition any such move.
• China to be biggest US trading partner
  April 26, 2005
  It is probable that China will take over Canada this year to be the largest trading partner of the United States, said former US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky at a trade negotiation recently.
• Iron ore imports face license, price ceiling
  April 21, 2005
  China, the world's top steel producer, was considering capping iron ore import prices in a new attempt to limit surging imports of the raw material and its run-away spot prices, shipping sources said Wednesday.
• Textile exports face higher tariffs
  April 18, 2005
  China is considering raising export tariffs on certain categories of textiles in the hope of slowing a rapid growth in shipments to the United States and Europe.
• Textile firms prepare for import restrictions
  April 16,2005
  The industrial association of Chinese textile makers said on Friday it was helping enterprises prepare for possible safeguard measures from the United States and European Union.
• China becomes world's 3rd largest exporter
  April 15, 2005
  The World Trade Organization (WTO) disclosed on April 14 that China has exported more than Japan and become the world's 3rd largest exporter, says a report by Financial Times in Chinese.
• US limits sock imports from China
  October 24, 2004
  The Bush administration decided Friday that it will impose a quota on sock imports from China - the latest round of an increasingly bitter trade dispute with Beijing ahead of the November 2 election.
• Sino-French trade ties expanding
  September 30, 2004
  China and France have a great deal of room to expand the scale of bilateral trade and investment, said officials and experts ahead of French President Jacques Chirac's visit to China.
• Exporters to enjoy less EU preference
  September 27, 2004
  Chinese exporters should not be too worried about the possible further removal of Chinese products from the European Union's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) list, and should focus efforts on increasing the competitiveness of their products, experts say.
• Agricultural trade deficit implies food crisis?
  September 12, 2004
  Growth in food imports is a long-term trend in China as the nation further integrates itself into global trade and becomes wealthier, Chinese economists said.
• An open China to benefit all
  September 11, 2004
  China's economic growth is inextricably linked to the development of the global economy, officials and experts attending a forum agreed on Friday.
• China's imports to hit US$1 trillion by 2010
  September 11, 2004
  Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai predicted Friday that China's imports may reach one trillion US dollars by the year 2010.
• Trade links with Macao to get a boost
  September 9, 2004
  The Chinese mainland and Macao are set to sign an expanded agreement of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), according to a senior official.
• Wu Yi: China to go further than WTO promises
  September 9, 2004
  Vice-Premier Wu Yi pledged Wednesday that China will further improve the investment environment to attract more foreign investors to fuel the country's brisk economic growth.
• China's processing trade on fast track
  Updated: 2004-09-06
  China's processing trade has rolled along a fast and sound track this year, achieving volume increases, structural upgrades and better use of foreign funds.
• China seeks greater trade volume with ASEAN
  Updated: 2004-09-05
  China will make more efforts to boost its trade volume with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), one of China's most important trading partners to date and together have promising economic cooperation in the future.