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The Hong Kong – New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement is a bilateral free trade agreement signed between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and New Zealand in March 2010. It is the first bilateral free trade agreement on goods and services that Hong Kong SAR has signed with a foreign country.〔(Hong Kong and New Zealand sign Closer Economic Partnership Agreement )〕 Hong Kong-New Zealand CEPA complements New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China two years before, and enhances the potential for Hong Kong to be used as a platform for trade into the Mainland China. Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China but has autonomy in matters of trade. The Hong Kong-New Zealand CEPA was signed on 29 March 2010 in Hong Kong, after negotiations that spanned eight years. Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, announced the successful conclusion of the HK-NZ CEP negotiations at the APEC Leaders meeting in Singapore in November 2009. It entered into force on 1 January 2011, after received royal assent on 31 August 2010 in New Zealand. ==Agreements== The HK-NZ CEPA contains measures to improve business flows and promote cooperation in a broad range of economic areas of mutual interest, as bilateral tariff levels in merchandise trade are already low. The Agreement also includes significant commitments relating to services, government procurement, customs co-operation, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures as well as intellectual property, competition and electronic commerce. Under the CEP agreement, New Zealand goods currently entering Hong Kong SAR at a zero tariff will be bound at that level, and remaining tariffs will be progressively reduced to mirror those in the New Zealand–China Free Trade Agreement. All tariffs for Hong Kong exports to New Zealand will be eliminated by 2016, and vice versa for New Zealand exports to Hong Kong SAR. Hong Kong and New Zealand will also work on strengthening bilateral trade and economic ties by facilitating investment and movement of business persons. By 2012, 85.6 per cent of current imports must be tariff-free, including whiteware, steel, plastics, furniture and jewellery. By 2016, all tariffs, including those on clothing and footwear, will be removed. HK-NZ CEPA is supported by legally-binding side agreements on Labour and Environment that are in line with New Zealand’s broader objectives for sustainable development; with additional legally-binding side agreement on Investment Protocol within two years of entry into force. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hong Kong–New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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