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In 2017, witnessed by President Xi Jinping and Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, China International Trade Representative (ministerial level) and Vice Minister of Commerce Fu Ziying and Maldivian Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed, on behalf of their own government, signed the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China […]
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Credit: Reuters New Delhi: The Maldives will soon become the second country in South Asia, after Pakistan, to enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) with China after it was passed on Wednesday evening by parliament in a session boycotted by the opposition. The text of the FTA […]
The President decided to sign a Free Trade Agreement with China following deliberations at the Cabinet meeting held this morning. In a briefing held at the President’s Office, and led by Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamed Asim, Minister Saeed stated that the China-Maldives Free Trade Agreement Negotiation […]