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Central (C): Albania (CA). Commercial Relations with China

1961

A file of correspondence and press material concerning economic relations between Albania and China. Subject covered in the file include a technical assistance agreement between the Albanian and Chinese governments, under which China will supply Albania with grain, agricultural equipment, and a loan of 112.5 million roubles. The agreement also specifies that China will provide "equipment and technical aid for 25 chemical, metallurgical, electrical, and industrial projects". Other documents discuss the signature of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the Albanian and Chinese governments; the Chinese government's role in acting as an intermediary for the purchase of 2.2 million bushels of Canadian wheat for Albania; and the British government's view that Albania may be looking to expand its trade with the West to compensate for a fall in trade with the Soviet Union.
china agriculture trade technical assistance albania trade agreements canada agricultural equipment industrial equipment international relations science economic aid economics and trade food supplies the times The Daily Telegraph scientific relations British press Albanian foreign policy Industry and Agriculture Albanian-Chinese relations Canadian-Chinese relations Albanian-Canadian relations
Collection ID
FO371
Copyright
Article(s) from The Daily Telegraph © Telegraph Media Group Limited. Article(s) from The Daily Telegraph © Telegraph Media Group Limited.
Countries
Canada China
Department Reference
File 113110
Document Type
Correspondence Press and Media
File Reference
FO 371/160349
Identifier
10.1080/cwee.fo371.160349
Note
The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions:Hsinhua News Agency, 26 April 1961, Press communique on talks between Chinese and Albanian Economic Delegations;The Times, 10 August 1961, China Wheat Agent For Albania;The Times, 24 April 1961, Chinese Technical Aid For Albania;The Times, 26 April 1961, Chinese Assistance For Albania;The Times, 28 April 1961, Chinese Grain - For Albania.
Pages
32
Published in
United Kingdom
Subject Countries
Albania
Themes
Economics and Trade Industry and Agriculture International Relations

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