2009 19 September, Wellington, New Zealand Prime Minister John Foundation.
Reporter Wei Ma Huan interns from Guangzhou apricot Ling
"The current relations between development is at best period of history," June 2010, Chinese Vice President XI Jinping access New Zealand made a speech. Together with the accompanying learning Vice President visits are also Chinese provinces finance, automotive, energy, shipbuilding, textiles, liquor, real estate and other professionals.
A month later, New Zealand Prime Minister John · Foundation also began as Prime Minister after the second trip to China. In Beijing, John · Foundation and Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing witnessed the two countries signed about film culture, science and technology cooperation-related files.
John · Foundation said, China has become beyond the United States, New Zealand's second largest trading partner.
"The global economic recession in the darkest days, New Zealand and China free trade agreement between just perform near 2009, our exports to China increased dramatically by 43%. "New Zealand Foreign Minister McCarley said.
China in 2008 and New Zealand signed a free trade agreement (FTA), has more than two years. Although in the meantime had swept through the global financial tsunami, but trade between the two countries will not be reduced.
For China and New Zealand, the FTA the enormous benefits that far more than this.
Creation of several "firsts"
In many analysts view, new in the two countries signed FTA with extraordinary historical significance.
"New Zealand is in China's accession to the WTO after the first signed an agreement with them, was the first to admit that the Chinese market economy countries, is the first with China free trade agreement of the developed economies, but also is the first and China signed a free trade agreement of the developed economies. Now, the fifth ' first ' has appeared, that is, New Zealand and Hong Kong have signed a free trade agreement, which will ultimately be involved with the Mainland economy cooperation framework agreement. "New Zealand Institute of advanced researcher Gary · Hawke on times weekly reporter.
2008-7 April, the Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, and New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff · the great Hall of the people, the signing of the New Zealand Government People's Republic of China Government and the free trade agreement, which lasted more than three years of negotiations to end.
New Zealand Research Center researcher at Xiamen University summer road at times weekly interview time pointed out that new sign a comprehensive coverage of free trade agreements, involving not only trade in goods, and related services in the field of trade and investment. New Zealand is committed to 2016 before January 1, abolish the import of goods from China. China is committed to 2019 year 1 January to cancel New Zealand 92.2% import duty.
"This is an opportunity not to be missed by us, we will become the world's largest consumer market in a particular trade partners. They need our production of food, this is a great opportunity. "The new New Zealand farmers Union President stated.
As the world's agricultural export powers, New Zealand's main exports to China dairy, lumber, paper products, wool and other primary products, and manufacturing powerhouse China to New Zealand exports of electronic products, machinery, textiles, furniture and other products, in addition, the Chinese labour resource is the lack of New Zealand, the two countries economy from trade commodity structure with strong complementarities.
In recent years, China has imported from New Zealand from the traditional wool products expanded to forestry products, dairy products, marine products, agricultural products, energy products, leather and high-tech products, China has become New Zealand clothing knitted goods, electrical appliances and electronic products, fabricated metal products, machinery and equipment and other goods of the main export markets. Moreover, in terms of education, China has become New Zealand's largest overseas origin; tourism, in the new has are important tourist destination.
"In fact, since October 1, 2008 the official introduction, agreements on goods, services and investment, including belonging to trade in services, are a new development. "Summer road said.
New parties to benefit from greater
Although China and New Zealand in the trade structure are strongly complementary, although with 13 million population of the market in China, New Zealand can bring direct economic benefit, is far better than the Chinese to New Zealand.
For China, New Zealand in its export list only the 50, but for New Zealand, China is the second largest trading partner, behind its neighbor Australia.
Research fellow at the University of New Zealand said that the summer road-Singapore FTA will give New Zealand brings more direct benefits, because it will be a huge Chinese export market, agriculture and animal husbandry aspects have a very good export orientation.
"China's (interest) it seems to me that more is an indirect benefits," said Ronald road, "because the New Zealand was the first to admit that China fully market economy status, this agreement is the first China initiated and developed bilateral free trade negotiations (the Protocol), so its indirect impact on China is to promote Western countries giving China a fair trade treatment to be long-term. ”
"In the bilateral agreements, the smaller the party always will benefit from greater," on this, Gary · Hawke explained that "in spite of this, but the FTA in the negotiating process has to take full account of how both countries benefit, over time, the trust agreement brings more benefits will be fully reflected. ”
On the other hand, in Oceania, took the lead in New Zealand and China to sign FTA, is his "embrace important policy in Asia".
"This agreement is most important to reflect New Zealand firm involved in the integration of East Asia. New Zealand is currently taken countermeasures
A brief is to constantly promote the region's economic integration and liberalization, including trans-Pacific partnership agreements and free trade area of the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, while the Asia-Pacific economic integration seems to be better than the Asia-Pacific trade liberalization are more likely to achieve, but their processes are complementary rather than competitive. In General, the new free trade agreement also demonstrates New Zealand genuine concern for the East Asian region. "Gary · Hawke analysis finds.It is reported that prior to this, New Zealand has pioneered and signed a free trade agreement with Singapore, ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement is set up as early as 2010-1-1, came into effect. In addition, New Zealand and Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries, free trade agreements are currently under negotiation.
China FTA strategic layout
In fact, as the regional trade liberalization in the rise of the world, China's participation in regional trade agreements in force in increasing the range of possible free trade agreement of the programme are positive discussion, China-New Zealand free trade area, is just one example.
It is reported that China is with 31 trade partners building 14 free trade area, which have signed agreements for a total of eight that are already in force, covering 15 countries and regions.
"Free trade agreements with several levels, a is the interaction with the region in the world, 2001, China's WTO accession is the global dimension of a free trade agreement. At the regional level, China has launched the ' ASEAN 10 + 1 ', is China and the ASEAN free trade area, this is a global interaction with the region. On the other hand is a multilateral and bilateral interaction, new this is a bilateral free trade agreements. In addition to New Zealand, like China and Peru, China and Australia, China and Norway, Iceland, China with China and India bilateral trade negotiations are constantly implemented, is a multilateral advance and a bilateral. "Summer road explained.
Nevertheless, the world's major economies in the United States, EU, Japan's related negotiations, also did not have too much progress.
Department of Commerce Policy Director of the world economy chenlin in media interviews, "China in the WTO commitments and China's non-market economy status, is their and China in trade negotiations very powerful weapons and chips. ”
Because of this, China-New Zealand free trade area of the signing and entry into force, with a more important strategic significance. Xia road that-new FTA will lead to New Zealand as a starting point for more developed countries start a full recognition of China's market economy status, start and China signed a comprehensive free trade agreements.
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