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Wednesday, March 01, 2000, updated at 16:04(GMT+8) Business China Concludes WTO Deals with 23 MembersIn recent few months, China has signed bilateral trade deals on its access to WTO with a dozen of WTO member countries. This shows that the course of 14-year trade talks by China with its adversaries for WTO membership has been expedited. Since last November's trade deal inked with the US, China has signed bilateral trade deals with Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Peru, Norway, Iceland, the Philippines and India. Thus far, out of a total of 36 WTO member countries demanding bilateral trade talks with China the country has already concluded its talks and signed agreements with 23. For the present China is having positive talks held on its entry into the TWO with the remaining 13 WTO member countries, including EU, Argentina, Colombia, Costarica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Kirghizia, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Switzerland and Thailand. Printer-friendly Version In This SectionBack to top |
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