EU, Chinese Trade Chiefs Meet on Cooperation

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EU, Chinese Trade Chiefs Meet on Cooperation

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European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng discussed the promotion of bilateral trade relations here on Thursday morning at the 17th session of the EU-China Joint Committee.

The meeting followed the successful and productive Fourth EU-China Summit, which was held in Brussels last September, when an agreement was reached on expanding EU-China dialogue on a wide range of issues of mutual interest.

The Joint Committee meeting serves EU-China relations in three aspects: economy and trade, bilateral agreements and dialogues between the European Commission and the Chinese government agencies, and the EU-China cooperation program.

The first Joint Committee meeting since China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) beginning Thursday will tackle all outstanding bilateral trade issues.

Lamy and Shi talked about how to support China's efforts to comply with its WTO commitments. As the Doha Development Agenda was launched, their discussion also focused on how best to cooperate in the context of the new round, said the European Commission, the EU's executive body.

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