The New Zealand – China Free Trade Agreement is a bilateral free trade agreement signed between the People's Republic of China and New Zealand in April 2008. It covers a wide range of issues including defence, law and governance, human rights, multilateral trade, regional security, international fisheries management, and developmental assistance. It is the first free trade agreement that China has signed with any developed country, and New Zealan...
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The New Zealand – China Free Trade Agreement is a bilateral free trade agreement signed between the People's Republic of China and New Zealand in April 2008. It covers a wide range of issues including defence, law and governance, human rights, multilateral trade, regional security, international fisheries management, and developmental assistance. It is the first free trade agreement that China has signed with any developed country, and New Zealand's largest trade deal since the 1983 Closer Economic Relations agreement with Australia. If ratified by the New Zealand parliament it will be phased in gradually over 12 years, fully coming into force in 2019.
This free trade agreement is the first time China has entered into a comprehensive free trade agreement with a developed country. It is New Zealand's largest since the Closer Economic Relations agreement with Australia was signed in 1983. It is expected to take force on 1 October 2008, after ratification by the New Zealand Parliament....
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