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China names new chief trade negotiator, publishes CPTPP text

January 15, 2021 at 9:15 AM
China’s Ministry of Commerce this week named a veteran trade hand to serve as its new chief international trade negotiator and published the full text of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership as Beijing continues its political maneuvering just days before President-elect Biden takes office. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his deputies have for months said they want to secure more new trade agreements, with Xi even saying Beijing would seriously consider joining CPTPP, the very pact the...


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