China, Australia free trade talks focus on market access (2006-5-26)

Market access issues will be top of the agenda of the sixth round of free trade talks between China and Australia in September, said China\’s Vice-Minister of Commerce Yi Xiaozhun on Friday.

Substantial progress could be made during the talks that would focus on cargo trade and farm produce, said Yi.

In the just-concluded fifth round of talks in Beijing, the two sides agreed on the basic framework of a China-Australia Free Trade Zone Agreement.

The talks were initiated at the China-Australian Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum in Sydney in May last year.

(Soure: Xinhua)