ECONOMIC COOPERATION

The 26th round of negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) between the European Union and mainland China will be held in Brussels on 16 - 17 and 20 - 21 January 2020. Hong Kong’s business community may recall that from 16 to 19 December 2019, the 25th round of negotiations had already taken place in Brussels. More

During his nearly two-week trip to Asia President Trump discussed bi-lateral trade relations with the leaders of mainland China, Vietnam, the Philippines and other U.S. trade partners but came away with no specific deliverables. More

Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly recently announced her intention to lead Canada’s first creative industries trade mission to mainland China. More

The signing of Investment Agreement and the Ecotech Agreement has turned CEPA into a full-fledged FTA, on the one hand providing greater clarity on protection of investment in services sectors, non-services and other classes of assets between Hong Kong and the mainland, and on the other, encouraging Hong Kong companies to participate in key national development strategies like the Belt and Road Initiative. More