BEIJING (AP) -- China and Malaysia have signed an agreement on China's entry into the World Trade Organization, leaving just seven WTO members who have yet to approve China's bid to join the trade group.
The agreement was signed Wednesday in Malaysia by China's trade minister, Shi Guangsheng, and his Malaysian counterpart, Rafidah Aziz, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.
China still requires agreements with the European Union, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Latvia, Mexico and Switzerland before it can join the group that makes rules for world trade.
China hopes to join this year after 14 years of trying.:
