Maldives Defends Free Trade Deal with China That Allows Fish Exports
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Reuters] by Shihar Aneez - December 7, 2017
COLOMBO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The Maldives government on Monday defended its free trade agreement (FTA) with China against criticism from the opposition that it was signed in haste and with insufficient parliamentary scrutiny.
Under the deal signed last week, China will exempt Maldives exports from tax while the archipelago nation will waive tariffs on Chinese imports. Fish is the main export from the Maldives, an Indian Ocean country of 400,000 that ...
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