China News Service, March 12, according to the Ministry of Commerce website, on March 11, 2021, China and Norway held a video conference for the chief negotiator of the free trade agreement.

The two sides conducted in-depth consultations on trade in goods, trade in services, investment, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, dispute settlement, and the preamble of the agreement. The meeting was reached on the basis of existing consensus. Made more progress.

  Both sides believe that speeding up negotiations on the free trade agreement is very important for the two countries to jointly fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic, support free trade and multilateralism, strengthen economic and trade cooperation, restore economic growth, and maintain the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain.

Both China and Norway pledged to work towards completing the negotiations as soon as possible.