OSLO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The sixth round of Sino-Norwegian free trade area (FTA) talks concluded here on Thursday and the Chinese negotiators left for home on Friday.

    During this round of talks, which started on Wednesday, both sides discussed sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, rule of origin, services trade, investment, intellectual property rights and solution to disputes.

    It is learnt that the next round of talks will be held in Beijing in March 2010.

    The FTA talks between China and Norway were launched in Oslo, capital of Norway, on Sept. 18, 2008.

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