Fiji Times Friday 04 August 2017 Update: 1:41PM CHINA’S trade and investment with the forum island countries has demonstrated relatively consistent growth over the last few years, with the last five seeing significant rise in Chinese tourists visiting Forum members countries.
Included in this growth is the increase in bilateral trade and investments between China and Forum member countries.
And with the upcoming 2019 Beijing Expo, that platform alone is anticipated to be a window of opportunity to further raise the profiles of those countries.
A statement from the Pacific Islands Forum noted Forum members were yet to fully leverage Asia?s economic growth, and the opportunities it provided for the development of sustainable trade, and investment outcomes.
“Also, bilateral trade and investments between China and Forum island countries is not evenly distributed among Forum members. The resource poor countries (especially Smaller Island States) remain at the top end of their bilateral trade and investment gains pyramid, with China. Read more…
