{"id":48429,"date":"2019-01-31T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=48429"},"modified":"2020-01-27T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T07:53:14","slug":"amendments-in-fta-with-china-to-be-finalised-in-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/amendments-in-fta-with-china-to-be-finalised-in-feb.html","title":{"rendered":"Amendments in FTA with China to be finalised in Feb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan and China will finalise an amended Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) during a dialogue scheduled for the middle of February in China, a news source reported. Both sides are expected to sign the amended FTA by early March, improving Pakistan-China trade relations.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/yuan-based-trade-with-china-begins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yuan-based trade with China begins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources have reported that Pakistan has already prepared a draft document for the said amendments. It has been shared with Chinese officials.<\/p>\n<p>As per this draft, the amendments proposed aim to review duties and taxes on goods imported from China, but which Pakistan also manufactures locally.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/china-financing-deal-to-be-finalised-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China financing deal to be finalised soon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan is also seeking a relaxation in duties and taxes from the Chinese government. This measure will help boost the export of different products. These include textile and rice products, in addition to many other goods.<\/p>\n<p>Trade, textile, and finance department officials, along with those hailing from FBR, the Board of Investment, and other concerned government divisions will participate in the scheduled dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan and China will finalise an amended Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) during a dialogue scheduled for the middle of February in China, a news source reported. Both sides are expected to sign the amended FTA by early March, improving Pakistan-China trade relations. Read:\u00a0Yuan-based trade with China begins Sources have reported that Pakistan has already prepared a draft document for the said amendments. It has been shared with Chinese officials. As per this draft, the amendments proposed aim to review duties and taxes on goods imported from China, but which Pakistan also manufactures locally. Read:\u00a0China financing deal to be finalised soon Pakistan is also seeking a relaxation in duties and taxes from the Chinese government. This measure will help boost the export of different products. These include textile and rice products, in addition to many other goods. Trade, textile, and finance department officials, along with those hailing from FBR, the Board of Investment, and other concerned government divisions will participate in the scheduled dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":41528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10211],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-amendments-in-fta-with-china-to-be-finalised-in-feb"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amendments in FTA with China to be finalised in Feb - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan and China will finalise an amended Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) during a dialogue scheduled for the middle of February in China, a news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/amendments-in-fta-with-china-to-be-finalised-in-feb.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amendments in FTA with China to be finalised in Feb - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan and China will finalise an amended Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) during a dialogue scheduled for the middle of February in China, a news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/amendments-in-fta-with-china-to-be-finalised-in-feb.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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