In a message dated 7/25/99 1:30:10 PM Central Daylight Time, AOL News writes: << Subj: China Defiant on Entry Into WTO Date: 7/25/99 1:30:10 PM Central Daylight Time From: AOL News BCC: Ahab42 China Defiant on Entry Into WTO .c The Associated Press By DEAN VISSER SINGAPORE (AP) - China will only meet conditions to get into the World Trade Organization that are required of other developing countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said Sunday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. ``China would not swallow the bitter fruit in order to get into the WTO,'' Tang told a news conference after lunching with Albright on the sidelines of a Southeast Asia security forum. He said he was expecting Albright to bring up the subject of the WTO. ``She didn't do that,'' Tang said. ``I was also surprised.'' ``China's accession to the WTO is required by China's efforts to reform and open up to the outside world,'' Tang said. ``On the other hand, without China's participation, the WTO is not complete.'' Washington missed a ``precious opportunity'' to seal China's WTO membership during Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's April visit to the United States, when Zhu and President Clinton failed to come to terms on China's admission into the WTO. Clinton said China's offers did not go far enough. ``When Premier Zhu got back to China, things got more difficult because the bombing incident happened shortly afterwards,'' he said, referring to the May 7 NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, which killed three people. The United States has said it was an accident, but China remains unsatisfied. Tang said he had concluded bilateral meetings with Japan and Australia on the WTO issue and would pursue it further with other WTO members. Agricultural trade conflicts have been one of the major reasons the United States has withheld support for China's WTO membership. China has restricted imports of agricultural products to protect its own markets, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Daniel Glickman said in June. The United States wants to see freer markets in China, particularly for grains, Glickman said. State control of production and price-setting play too large a part in China's farming sector, he said in a visit to Beijing. AP-NY-07-25-99 1429EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press. To edit your profile, go to keyword <A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles">NewsProfiles </A>. For all of today's news, go to keyword <A HREF="aol://1722:News">News</A>. >>
China Defiant on Entry Into WTO .c The Associated Press By DEAN VISSER SINGAPORE (AP) - China will only meet conditions to get into the World Trade Organization that are required of other developing countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said Sunday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. ``China would not swallow the bitter fruit in order to get into the WTO,'' Tang told a news conference after lunching with Albright on the sidelines of a Southeast Asia security forum. He said he was expecting Albright to bring up the subject of the WTO. ``She didn't do that,'' Tang said. ``I was also surprised.'' ``China's accession to the WTO is required by China's efforts to reform and open up to the outside world,'' Tang said. ``On the other hand, without China's participation, the WTO is not complete.'' Washington missed a ``precious opportunity'' to seal China's WTO membership during Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's April visit to the United States, when Zhu and President Clinton failed to come to terms on China's admission into the WTO. Clinton said China's offers did not go far enough. ``When Premier Zhu got back to China, things got more difficult because the bombing incident happened shortly afterwards,'' he said, referring to the May 7 NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, which killed three people. The United States has said it was an accident, but China remains unsatisfied. Tang said he had concluded bilateral meetings with Japan and Australia on the WTO issue and would pursue it further with other WTO members. Agricultural trade conflicts have been one of the major reasons the United States has withheld support for China's WTO membership. China has restricted imports of agricultural products to protect its own markets, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Daniel Glickman said in June. The United States wants to see freer markets in China, particularly for grains, Glickman said. State control of production and price-setting play too large a part in China's farming sector, he said in a visit to Beijing. AP-NY-07-25-99 1429EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press. To edit your profile, go to keyword <A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles">NewsProfiles </A>. For all of today's news, go to keyword <A HREF="aol://1722:News">News</A>.
