Economic relations between China and the CPLP cool down in 2015

After years of uninterrupted growth and a new year trading record in 2014,relations between China and the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) faced challenges in 2015,but difficulties have also increased the interconnection between all these countries.

Given the weight of raw materials, whose price was sharply lower throughout 2015,in the relationship between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries,the main negative impact was felt in the trade balance,which fell more than 25% until October,according
to data from the Chinese customs.


The Action Plan for Economic and commercial forum approved after the last Macau forum,expects to achieve by 2016 the target of 160 billion dollars in trade in all countries,which only will be possible with strong recovery in the year about to begin Trade with Brazil,China's main economic partne,fell more than 18% in 2015 and for Angola the drop was even more pronounced,almost 45 percent reflecting the fall in the price of oil.