Maldives-China FTA comes into force

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Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed has announced that the Maldives-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed over a decade ago, has finally come into force, triggering the registration of more than 100 small businesses and exporters.   Speaking at the handover ceremony of the country’s first sustainable township development project, Saeed said the FTA was signed in December 2014 during President Abdullah Yameen’s administration