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Agreement name:	Hong Kong, China - New Zealand
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	29-Mar-2010	Date of notification:	03-Jan-2011
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2011	End of implementation period:	2016
Current signatories:	Hong Kong, China; New Zealand
Original signatories:	Hong Kong, China; New Zealand
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia; Oceania
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
New Zealand, Foreign Affairs & Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration (G):	20-Mar-2012	Date of Consideration (S):	20-Mar-2012

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG291

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG291/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/578	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG291/1/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG291/2/Rev.1	E
Questions and Replies	WT/REG291/2	F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG291/M/1	E F S
Implementation Report	WT/REG291/R/I	E F S
Implementation Report / Corrigendum	WT/REG291/R/I/Corr.1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G & S)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Negative list (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition


	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to all third parties
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Traditional Knowledge
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Public participation / consultations provisions
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Environment)
	Labour
		No relaxation of labour laws
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Labour)
	E-Commerce
		Consumer protection provisions
		Paperless trading or e-signatures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (E-Commerce)

Document title
Hong Kong, China
New Zealand
Hong Kong, China-New Zealand (Services)