Under the pact, China Sunergy will supply 10.2 megawatts of solar cells to Asola during 2008.

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Apple already sells the iPhone in China through its 2009 agreement with China Unicom and its pact earlier this year with China Telecom.

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Only exports most affected by the China-ASEAN pact are to be freed on signature in June, and agreements on intellectual-property rights and investment-protection are to be negotiated.

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Though Kazakhstan takes part in a customs union with Russia and is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security pact that includes both Russia and China, its largest trade partner is the European Union.

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Approving the trade pact would end the annual debate over whether China should get normal trade relations -- a designation previously known as Most Favored Nation (MFN) status.

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Last month Canada and China signed an investment-protection pact.

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade pact that soon could include several states with more market economies than China, is drawing interest from Japan.

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The trade pact is part of a deal between the U.S. and China as the Asian nation seeks to ease its way into the World Trade Organization.

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In Indonesia, textile, furniture and electronics manufacturers are shouting about imports from China that followed the lifting of tariffs in a regional free-trade pact.

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Last year China made a substantially improved offer to join the GPA. The EU has concluded a trade pact with South Korea and is negotiating with India, Canada and others.

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