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| Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (6th L, front) and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (5th L, front) pose for a group photo during a meeting with Chinese and Australian entrepreneurs attending the Australia-China CEO Roundtable Intersessional Meeting in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2014. |
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Australia on Saturday voiced hope to hasten negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and strike a deal as soon as possible.
Meeting with entrepreneurs together with visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang said economic and trade cooperation between the two countries is now on the fast track.
"It is a common aspiration of businessmen from both countries and also an important consensus reached by leaders of the two countries to speed up the FTA negotiations," Wang said.
The role of the government, Wang said, is to "build roads and bridges" for enterprises and provide them with convenient, safe and efficient services.
Wang called on both governments to meet halfway and show flexibility in the FTA negotiations to make tangible progress at an early date.
For his part, Abbott said development of economic and trade relations between Australia and China had moved rapidly in recent years and he expected an FTA deal at the earliest possible opportunity.
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