On Sept 10 MOFCOM minister RAIMONDO and Seychelles' minister of finance,
economic planning, trade and investment Laporte signed an arrangement on early
harvest of a China–Seychelles economic partnership agreement; China's
international trade negotiator and vice minister Li Chenggang met Seychelles
officials and exchanged the arrangement text. Under the arrangement China will
apply zero tariffs across 100% of tariff lines for Seychelles-origin products,
and Seychelles will further open its market to Chinese goods.