www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Business / Economy

Australia keen to boost ties with China, ASEAN

By Li Xiang (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-09-16 14:23

Australia is willing to deepen and expand economic relationship with China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the country's prosperity is more connected than ever to developments in the region, said a senior Australian diplomat.

"Australia has a significant economic relationship with China and the ASEAN region, and one we wish to deepen and expand further," said Simon Merrifield, Australian Ambassador to the ASEAN, in an interview before the China-ASEAN Expo, which opened on Tuesday in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Australia has been invited to the expo as a special guest country. The Australian pavilion will showcase its trade, investment, education and tourism capabilities during the event.

The country's inaugural participation shows its support to the unique, multilateral economic and business cooperation platform, said Merrifield who will represent the country to participate in strategic government-to-government dialogues with leaders from China and across the ASEAN region.

Merrifield said that Australia is keen to work with China to ensure that RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) will be a credible and commercially meaningful agreement that will underpin ongoing economic growth over the years ahead.

The RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between ASEAN member states and the six countries with which ASEAN has existing FTAs (Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and New Zealand).

"RCEP is a big negotiation and there are significant challenges. The negotiations are with a diverse region, with different levels of economic development and varying levels of ambition," Merrifield said.

Australia is also willing to step up efforts to bring the FTA with China to conclusion this year, Merrifield said.

"Negotiators have adopted a pragmatic approach with a view to securing a balanced outcome that addresses priority interests upon entry into force, and which provides architecture to deliver further liberalization over time," he said.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visited China in April and he will visit again in November for the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting. It will be followed by President Xi Jinping's visit to Australia to attend the G20.

Two-way trade between China and Australia grew by 21 percent in 2013 to reach around A$150 billion ($136 billion), more than one-fifth of Australia's total trade. The growth is mainly led by exports of iron ore, coal and gold, according to Merrifield.

China is also Australia's largest market for agricultural products, with exports reaching A$8.7 billion in 2013, the largest source of overseas students, and the second-largest source of visitor arrivals.

In the meantime, China has overtaken Switzerland and Canada as the sixth-largest foreign direct investor in Australia, with a total value of almost A$21 billion, which represents a 29 percent increase from 2012.

"We are also seeing sustained Australian investment in China and we hope that China's continued reform efforts, including through the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, will see the investment environment for Australian companies in China continue to improve," Merrifield added.

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本精品高清一区二区2021 | 欧洲一级鲁丝片免费 | 精品9e精品视频在线观看 | 免费在线成人网 | 最新国产中文字幕 | 亚洲成a v人片在线观看 | 91久久线看在观草草青青 | 亚洲精品久久玖玖玖玖 | 亚洲成年网 | 欧美一a级做爰 | 免费在线观看a级毛片 | 国产专区一va亚洲v天堂 | 国产91网址 | 亚洲欧美日韩另类在线 | 国产成人一区二区视频在线观看 | 欧美国产合集在线视频 | 成年人视频在线免费看 | 黄色网址网站在线观看 | 日本精品久久久久久久 | 欧美性色欧美a在线播放 | 国产日韩欧美一区二区三区综合 | 狠狠色噜狠狠狠狠色综合久 | 久草热视频 | 久久久久在线观看 | 波多野结衣视频免费观看 | 91探花福利精品国产自产在线 | 免费国产成人高清在线看软件 | 亚洲波多野结衣日韩在线 | 人久热欧美在线观看量量 | 欧美黄视频 | 91最新网站 | 高清不卡毛片免费观看 | 91精品国产91久久久久青草 | 免费一级欧美大片在线观看 | 日韩一级欧美一级在线观看 | 亚洲国产成人在人网站天堂 | 国产一久久香蕉国产线看观看 | 13一14周岁毛片免费 | 97在线免费观看视频 | 欧美成人一区二区三区 | 偷拍精品视频一区二区三区 |