Timeline Foreign Trade Relations
Region 1: Region 1: SU, Korea, Bhutan, Laos, Burma, Nepal, India, Pakistan,Vietnam and Mongolia
Soviet Union
03-10-1949 Soviet Union recognizes PCR
14-02-1950 Sino-Soviet Trade Agreement
27-03-1950 Agreement on 3 joint ventures
28-07-1951 Agreement on 2 joint ventures
Burma
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16-12-1949 Burma recognizes PRC
22-04-1954 Sino-Burmese Three Year Trade Agreement
North Korea
04-10-1949 North Korea recognize PRC
16-11-1953 Zhou Enlai and Kim Il sung sign secret technological cooperation pact
India
29-12-1949 India recognizes PRC
02-01-1951 Sino-Indian trade agreement
14-10-1954 Two-year agreement on trade
Mongolia
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06-10-1949 Mongolia recognizes PRC
04-10-1952 10 year Sino-Mongolian Agreement on Economic and Cultural Cooperation
Pakistan
05-01-1950 Pakistan recognizes PRC
14-03-1953 Sino-Pakistani Cotton and Coal Agreement
Vietnam
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15-01-1950 DR Vietnam formally recognizes PRC
25-08-1953 Material aid agreement
19-01-1950 Sino Vietnam trade agreement on military supplies
Region 2: Indonesia, Japan Philippines, Thailand, Afghanistan, Ceylon and Cambodia
Japan
May 1952 Japanese delegation visits China
01-06-1952 Sino-Japanese private trade agreement is signed
Ceylon
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07-01-1950 Ceylon recognizes PRC
04-10-1952 Sino-Ceylonese General Trade Agreement
Indonesia
13-04-1950 Indonesia recognizes PRC
30-11-1953 Sino-Indonesian Trade Agreement
Region 3: GDR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania and Hungary
Albania
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20-11-1949 Albania recognizes PRC
03-12-1954 Sino-Albanian Agreement Concerning a Long-Term Chinese Credit to Albania
GDR
27-10-1949 GDR recognizes PRC
10-10-1950 Sino-GDR Trade Agreement for 1951
Hungaria
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04-10-1949 Hungary recognizes PCR
22-01-1951 Sino-Hungarian Trade Agreement for 1951
Bulgaria
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03-10-1949 Bulgaria recognizes PRC
21-07-1952 Sino-Bulgarian Trade Agreement for Exchange of Goods and Payments in 1952
Rumania
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3-10-1949 Rumania recognizes PRC
19-01-1953 Sino-Rumanian Goods Exchange
and Payment Agreement for 1953
Czechoslovakia
05-10-1949 Czechoslovakia recognizes PRC
14-06-1950 Sino-Czechoslovak Trade Agreement for 1950
Poland
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05-10-1949 Poland recognizes PRC
01-03-1950 Sino-Polish Barter Agreement
29-01-1951 Joint venture on shipping
Region 4: Scandinavia, the Netherlands, UK, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, FRG, Israel, France and US
UK
06-01-1950 UK recognizes PRC
14-4-1952 Sino-British Trade Agreement
FRG
1972 FRG recognizes PRC
25-06-1952 Sino-West German Trade Agreement
Finland
13-01-1950 Finland recognizes PRC
21-9-1952 Sino-Soviet-Finnish Agreement on Supply of Commodities in 1952
Belgium
1971 Belgium recognizes PRC
Switzerland
17-01-1950 Switzerland recognizes PRC
14-09-1950 Sino-Swiss Trade Agreement
The Netherlands
27-03-1950 The Netherlands recognizes PRC
14-04-1952 Sino-Dutch Trade Agreement
Italy
1970 Italy recognizes PRC
France
1964 France recognizes PRC
14-04-1952 Sino-French Trade Agreement
Region 5: Latin America, Arabia and Africa
Egypt
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22-08-1954 Sino-Egyptian trade agreement
Chile
23-10-1952 Sino-Chilean Trade Agreement