After work began on the Sino-ASEAN free trade zone on July 20 last year, leading to tariff reductions for approximately 7,000 categories of goods, China and ASEAN have entered a new stage in terms of economic cooperation and trade ties. |
We hope the blue print of the strategic framework can turn into action, and our wish can come true. |
Without China's goods exports, the U.S. CPI (consumer price index) should have risen about two (more) percentage points. |