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New Zealand became the first developed country to sign a freetrade agreement with China.

The three years of hard work on nego-flaring a free Wade agreement finallypaid off for China and New Zealand.Chinese Commerce Minister ChenDeming and Trade Minister of New ZealandPhil Goff formally signed a free Wade agree-ment (FTA) on April 7 in Beijing. It was thefirst FTA that the Chinese Government signedwith a developed country.