World Trade Organization

NTR Down to the Wire

South China Morning Post Lobbying ahead of next week's vote on permanent Normal Trade Relations has hit fever pitch as all the players fight for their interests in what the Clinton administration has described as an "extraordinarily important issue" for the US economy and national security.

European Union, China Toast WTO Deal

Reuters | By Paul Eckert BEIJING - Clinking champagne glasses and smiling broadly, top trade officials of China and the European Union toasted a market opening deal Friday that removes the last major hurdle to China's membership of the WTO.

There""s Something Happening Here

Fortune Magazine May 15, 2000 What's that sound? A noisy and growing challenge to the globalist consensus. Despite what some pundits would have you believe, these protests aren't just freak shows. By Jerry Useem

Republicans Announce China Rights Plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican congressional leaders on Thursday announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation that would set up a watchdog commission to monitor Chinese human rights, a breakthrough that may clear the way for passage of permanent trading benefits for Beijing next week.

Clinton Wants More African Trading

By SONYA ROSS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - While Congress continues to weigh the question of trade with China, President Clinton is ready to make official some progress on another trade front: Africa.

Bush Urges ""Yes"" Vote on China Trade

By Patricia Wilson EVERETT, Wash. (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush set aside "posturing and partisanship" on Wednesday, urging colleagues and Democrats in Congress to pass President Clinton's landmark trade pact with China.

China Signs WTO Deal with Latvia

BEIJING (AP) - Having secured an agreement with Latvia, negotiators seeking to bring China into the World Trade Organization before year's end continued working Wednesday on securing the big prize: a deal with the European Union.

China, EU Into Fine Print on WTO Deal

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese and European Union negotiators got down on Tuesday to the fine print of a potential deal that would move Beijing to the brink of WTO membership.

EU Says Needs More Time to Reach China-WTO Deal

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the European Union ended their first day of trade talks Monday with the EU saying it needed more time to hammer out a deal that would help pave the way for China's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The absence of a deal with the EU is the biggest remaining obstacle to China's membership.

EU Plays for High Stakes in WTO Talks with China

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy arrives in China on Monday hoping to negotiate a market-opening agreement that would remove the biggest remaining obstacle to China joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO).