Topic “bilateral trade” — Exporter Magazine

Ireland is expected to sign a number of “door-opening” agreements with China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping this weekend to boost trade between the two countries, according to Belfast Telegraph. New Zealand’s dairy firms, including Fonterra, are looking to buy up farms in India’s burgeoning dairy sector, but may not find going down that road free of bumps, a new government report indicates, according to FoodNavigator.com. Australia’s two-way trade with China topped Aus$100 billion ($US105.64 billion) for the first time last year, data showed Wednesday, with surging coal and iron ore exports boosting national coffers. ExportNZ is increasing its focus on growing opportunities in India by entering a partnership with the India New Zealand Business Council (INZBC). The article, quoting Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming, said recently that China hopes the US could relax its control on high-tech products export to China.