CHINA and the European Union have reached a deal to end a dispute over European wine exports to China vans classic slip on kopen , the latest sign of improving ties.

Beijing opened an inquiry last year into whether Europe was selling wine in China at unfairly low prices. The move was widely seen in Europe as retaliation for the EU¡¯s efforts to hit Chinese solar panels with punitive import duties.

The solar panels dispute was resolved, but China had pressed ahead with the wine case, saying it was a separate issue.

Paris was especially eager to see the probe called off as it remained an obstacle in trade relations between the two countries before next week¡¯s visit by President Xi Jinping to the French capital as part of a European tour.

China¡¯s Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng yesterday welcomed the deal, which both sides hope will set a precedent in bilateral relations after the solar-panel spat last year.

¡°Since the resolution last year of the China-EU solar panel dispute via dialogue and consultation vans slip on kopen , China and Europe have been on the right track for dealing with trade frictions,¡± the minister said.

The agreement was reached by involving Chinese and European wine producers, with support from Brussels and Beijing, EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos said.

Under the deal vans toy story kopen , European producers have committed to providing technical assistance to help develop China¡¯s wine industry. In return, Chinese buyers will promote European wine more widely in China.

France, the world¡¯s biggest wine producer by value, has in the past called China¡¯s decision to consider duties on French wine ¡°inappropriate and reprehensible.¡±

EU wine exports to China excluding Hong Kong vans sk8 hi leer , which EU officials say was not covered by the investigation, reached 257 million liters in 2012, with a value of nearly US$1 billion. More than half came from France.

The EU is China¡¯s most important trading partner and China is second only to the United States for Europe in terms of trade. But growing Chinese export volumes have raised concerns in the EU, which is struggling to overcome a debt crisis vans sk8 hi zwart , about the impact on its industries.

China and Europe also resolved another dispute this week, when German chemical company Wacker Chemie said China had agreed to refrain from charging it anti-dumping tariffs on polysilicon, which is used in making solar panels.

Of the major disputes between China and the EU, just one over telecoms remains.

The European Commission has threatened to investigate accusations of unfair pricing by China¡¯s Huawei vans sk8 hi slim kopen , the world¡¯s second-largest telecoms equipment manufacturer, and ZTE, the fifth largest. European manufacturers Ericsson, Nokia Siemens and Alcatel-Lucent told EU officials they have suffered as a result of cheap Chinese imports of telecoms gear.

Huawei and ZTE deny breaking any rules and both EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and China¡¯s Gao have signaled that the dispute could be resolved soon. China¡¯s decision to award billions of dollars in contracts to the three European firms to supply equipment for mobile networks is thought to have gone some way to easing tensions.

China is the world¡¯s largest market for mobile data services and smartphones vans sk8 hi kopen , and its market is growing more than 50 percent a year, according to Alcatel-Lucent.

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by Christine Lagat

NAIROBI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenya will scale up investments in water harvesting and irrigation infrastructure in a bid to accelerate a shift from rain-fed agriculture that has undermined attainment of food security in the country, an official said on Tuesday.

Principal Secretary for Planning and Statistics Irungu Nyakera said in a commentary published by the Daily Nation that national and county governments will enact sweeping policies to boost rain water harvesting and irrigation as a means to address endemic hunger and malnutrition.

"A monumental shift from rain fed agriculture will offer solution to food insecurity that has been detrimental to development of this nation vans old skool grijs ," said Nyakera, adding that erratic rainfall patterns have worsened poverty and inter-communal tensions in arid regions.

Kenya's devolution and planning ministry has fast-tracked implementation of the third medium term plan (MTP3) which roots for investments in projects that promotes sustainable development at the grassroots level.

Nyakera said the State has earmarked adequate funds to construct new dams and irrigation schemes in arid and semi arid regions that have been experiencing food scarcity.

"The MTP3 prioritizes food security and boosting agricultural production. A critical component of food security is ensuring that sufficient water is available annually for agriculture," said Nyakera.

He added that access to innovative water harvesting and storage technologies will enhance food production at the smallholder level.

Kenya has expanded land under irrigation in the last four years in line with its vision 2030 goal to achieve food security and boost rural incomes.

Nyakera revealed that land under irrigation expanded from 354,775 acres in 2013 to 483 vans old skool dames ,670 acres in 2017 thanks to massive capital injection from the state and private investors.

He said the government has started various large scale irrigation projects and the most notable one is the Galana-Kulalu irrigation scheme that produced 39 bags of maize per acre.

"We will initiate new projects under public private collaboration to raise commercial agricultural production to at least 1.2 million acres," Nyakera added.

He disclosed that additional investments are being explored to boost water management and agronomic practices among smallholder farmers who produce over 80 percent of staple food in Kenya.

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