In view to launch negotiations for a Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of Mauritius and the Ministry Commerce of the People’s Republic of China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 12th December 2017.

The signature took place during the 11th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aims to put in place the necessary conditions to increase bilateral trade and investment levels, as both sides plan to consolidate and expand the scope of their bilateral economic cooperation and to eliminate trade barriers.

The Mauritius-China FTA will be comprehensive and will cover trade in goods, trade in services, investment and economic cooperation.