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The China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone (YNFTZ) is one of six such pilot zones designated by the State Council in its Circular on Issuing the Overall Plan for the Six New Pilot Free Trade Zones in August 2019. The YNFTZ consists of three areas totalling 119.86 sq km: the Kunming Area (76 sq km, including the 0.58-sq km Kunming comprehensive bonded zone), the Honghe Area (14.12 sq km) and the Dehong Area (29.74 sq km). More

In a final determination under the Enforce and Protect Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found substantial evidence that a U.S. company evaded the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades from mainland China by transhipping such goods through Thailand. More

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The establishment of pilot free trade zones represents China's major move to adopt a more proactive strategy of opening up in line with the new trend of global economic development. The State Council has so far approved pilot free trade zones (FTZs) for Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Fujian, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Guanxi and Yunnan. More