Will Sri Lanka and China push for FTA or just engage in economic diplomacy?

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A long-delayed free-trade agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and China appears to be back on the agenda, even as analysts warn that the crisis-hit South Asian nation is not expected to benefit much from it for years after its implementation.Sri Lanka’s officials are cautiously optimistic the FTA could help narrow the country’s huge trade deficit with China.First proposed in 2014, talks between both sides for an FTA have been on hold for the past six years because Sri Lanka did not agree to some...