📅 1 April 1991
The trade responsibility system expanded enterprise and local authority to negotiate foreign trade while requiring them to bear more of the financial results. It reduced direct administrative...
📅 1 April 1996
Further tariff reductions prepared firms for greater international competition. Lower costs and wider choice came with pressure on less productive firms; the state sequenced trade opening as a...
📅 1 January 2002
China began implementing scheduled tariff cuts after accession. The move widened access for importers and lowered some input costs, while exposing domestic firms to competition under rules...
📅 1 January 2010
China completed its principal scheduled tariff-reduction commitments, lowering the overall tariff level from its 2001 position. The change consolidated trade integration and competition, while leaving...
📅 1 January 2022
The agreement began lowering tariffs and standardizing some regional trade rules for China and participating members. It deepened South-South and Asia-Pacific economic integration, offering...
📅 14 January 2019
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership entered into force for Vietnam. The agreement connected Vietnam to a regional trade framework after the United States withdrew...
