Castro Meets Chinese Foreign Trade MinisterPresident of the State Council of Cuba Fidel Castro Tuesday, December 12, met with Shi Guangsheng, minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China.At the meeting, Castro, who is also president of the Council of Ministers, inquired in detail about the implementation of some projects for bilateral trade and economic cooperation and spoke highly of the economic situation in China, including the robust growth in its exports. Shi is here for a regular meeting of the China-Cuba Mixed Committee on trade and economic cooperation. Shi briefed the Cuban leader on the discussions at the meeting of the mixed committee and the progress in China's efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), and added that there was great promise for trade and economic cooperation between the two countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. On the same day, Shi also met Vice President of the State Council Carlos Lage. |
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