China’s membership in the Arctic Council: what does it mean for China?

... Beijing to negotiate the reduction of customs duties (from 10% to 2%) for Norwegian salmon imported to China, which would guarantee annual savings of 380 million kroner for Norwegian exporters of fish products. In December 2010, the ninth round of China-Norway talks on a Free Trade Agreement , the signing of which would have been crucially important for Oslo, ended in failure. The situation gradually deteriorated, and the diplomatic crisis became endemic. In early January 2012, the Norwegian media even ...