Xinhua, Beijing :
China and Sri Lanka have begun negotiating a deal that would see favorable policies for trade between the countries, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) told Xinhua late Wednesday.
Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and Sri Lankan Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa have signed a memorandum on the launch of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in Colombo, marking the official launch of the talks, said the MOC, without saying when the document was signed.
In the memorandum, the two sides have confirmed that the FTA would cover trade of goods and services, investment and economic and technological cooperation.
The negotiations were launched more than a year after a feasibility study was started in Beijing.
