During an August 23 press conference [http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/46624/wz46626/Document/1710966/1710966.htm] (link in Chinese) held by the State Council Information Office, officials from China’s Ministry of Commerce expressed interest in pursuing free trade agreements, as they referred to foreign

In the midst of rising economic [https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/australia-china-economic-and-trade-relations-are-heading-for-a-hard-reset/] and broader [https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/china-australia-slump-continues-to-deepen/] tensions between Australia and China, on March 2, 2021 the Australian government released its “post-implementation review” of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement ChAFTA (ChAFTA entered into force on December 20,

There have been several recent developments related to China-Africa economic relations arising from the visit to Africa by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. At a January 4 press conference [https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1844368.shtml], Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying discussed

On October 17, China signed a Free Trade Agreement [http://www.xinhuanet.com/2019-10/17/c_1125119107.htm] with Mauritius. This is the 17th FTA China has signed, and the first FTA with an African country. This may help China to export more to Africa more broadly because Mauritius is