Maldives-China free trade agreement comes into effect

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The free trade agreement between Maldives and China came into effect on Wednesday – over a decade after the agreement was signed. The FTA between Maldives and China was signed in December 2014 during former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s administration after two years of extensive negotiations. The agreement received parliamentary approval three years later, in November 2017. The implementation of