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Macao
26 October 2020

Analysis: Time to Review Macao Forum’s Strategy and Achieve its Potential
Seventeen years after the creation of Macao Forum by the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM), a new assessment by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is a good opportunity to chart a better path forward, helping the Forum achieve its potential as an effective business hub. With Portuguese-Speaking Countries facing pandemic-fueled economic crisis, and China leading the global recovery, the Forum is perhaps more necessary today than its has ever been in the past.
Timor-Leste
05 October 2020

Timor-Leste World Trade Organization Membership a “Springboard” to ASEAN
The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced that Timor-Leste has started the process of joining the international body, which the country´s Government sees as a springboard for joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
China
01 October 2020

Timorese Exports to China More Competitive With Facilitaded Customs Clearance
Timor-Leste´s exports to China are expected by the Timorese Government to become more competitive following the facilitation of customs clearance by Chinese authorities.
China
25 September 2020

China and Timor-Leste Vow to Cooperate in Belt and Road Initiative
The Foreign Ministers of China and Timor-Leste vowed this week to cooperate in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), supporting economic recovery efforts in the post-pandemic period. 
Angola
17 August 2020

Portuguese-Speaking Countries Legislation Now Available in Chinese
The Chinese version of the Guide to Investing in Portuguese-Speaking Countries (PSCs) and Timor-Leste, published by official legal database Legis-PALOP+TL is now available, for the first time in 2020, under a partnership with MacauLink, supported by private entities.
Timor-Leste
20 July 2020

Timor-Leste to Relaunch Chinese-Led Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Project
Timor-Leste wants to relaunch as soon as possible the project for the implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in the country, in charge of two Chinese companies, according to the Government.
Angola
18 June 2020

China Commits to Assisting African Countries Financially During Pandemic
China will waive some African nations’ debt and is willing to provide further support including loan-maturity extensions, according to Chinese President Xi Jinping
China
15 June 2020

China Funds Infrastructures in Timor-Leste With USD 14 million
China is going to fund the construction of a new hospital and a school in Timor-Leste, the timorese Government has announced. A total of USD 14 million is to be disbursed by China, while Japan will fund medical equipment.
Angola
31 May 2020

China´s Trade With Brazil, Cabo Verde and Timor Leste Resists Pandemic
Chinese trade with Brazil resisted the Covid-19 pandemic in the first quarter of the year and even rose in the cases of Cabo Verde and Timor Leste. However, exchanges with the remaining Portuguese-Speaking Countries (PSC) did not resist the pandemic.
Timor-Leste
22 May 2020

Timor-Leste Moves to Improve Business Environment with Assistance from World Bank, Australia and Japan
The Timorese Government announced today that it has signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank group, to help the country improve its business environment.
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