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BEIJING – Chinese officials announced Saturday their readiness to proceed with discussions aimed at enhancing the existing free trade agreement between China and Switzerland.<\/p>

During bilateral trade discussions held in Bern, China’s Commerce Ministry released a statement indicating that an upgraded, high-quality free trade pact would provide fresh energy for commercial, investment, and innovation partnerships between the two nations.<\/p>

The ministry emphasized that such an enhanced agreement would strengthen economic ties and create new opportunities for cooperation across multiple sectors.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chinese officials announced Saturday their readiness to proceed with discussions on improving their existing free trade agreement with Switzerland. The Commerce Ministry stated that an upgraded trade pact would boost cooperation in commerce, investment, and innovation between the nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776500536141.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-e3K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43084,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/chinese-commerce-minister-expresses-interest-in-stronger-us-trade-ties\/","url_meta":{"origin":54048,"position":0},"title":"Chinese Commerce Minister Expresses Interest in Stronger US Trade Ties","author":"Admin","date":"March 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"China's top trade official told US representatives that Beijing wants to enhance economic cooperation between the two nations. 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