Israel and China take further step towards free trade pact
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China and Israel continue to make progress on a free trade agreement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China reports that, at the end of March, a further round of direct talks on the agreement took place between representatives of the Israeli and Chinese governments.
This is the eighth round of talks since 2016 and the first since November 2019 to be held face-to-face.
According to the announcement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the talks covered, among other things, transport of goods, rules of origin, customs procedures, sanitary procedures, ecommerce, the environment, copyright, competition, government procurement, dispute resolution, and legal proceedings.
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