Australia‘s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo urged Hong Kong to secure a “more liberalised” air services agreement with Australia, stating that an agreement could be reached within current free trade negotiations (South China Morning Post, 06-Jul-2017). Mr Ciobo said: “Hong Kong has a tremendous amount going for it, but one area I think Hong Kong could do better in, to be honest, is in air services agreements”.
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