ISDS Case Map
China
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced a significant trade development following high-level talks with China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the ongoing China-Africa Summit in Changsha in China.
The deal includes a provision in which China will supply the US with rare earth elements vital to major US companies, particularly in the auto, semiconductor, and smartphone manufacturing sectors.
US and Chinese officials said they had agreed on a framework to get their trade truce back on track and remove China's export restrictions on rare earths while offering little sign of a durable resolution to longstanding trade tensions.
US President Donald Trump on Friday accused China of violating a bilateral deal to roll back tariffs and announced a doubling of worldwide steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%, once again rattling international trade.
The GCC is looking east and west for free trade agreements and foreign investments to drive non-oil revenue.
China and Sri Lanka are discussing a free trade agreement. A Chinese delegation will attend a trade and investment forum in Colombo. They will explore strengthening economic cooperation. Memoranda of understanding are expected to be signed.
China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan have agreed to expand the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan, deepening cooperation on trade, infrastructure, and development as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Chinese and ASEAN economic and trade ministers announced the full conclusion of negotiations for version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area.
The re-elected Australian Labor government plans to reclaim China's 99-year lease over the Port of Darwin. This risks triggering an international arbitration claim by the Chinese-owned Landbridge Group.
Trump administration understood to have pushed for requirements to be attached to deal in effort to freeze out Chinese steel.
