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Via www.insidechina.com/news.php#?id=94673
<<Gee, could this be the Same Mr. Chris Patten who is nailing down the Nothern
Ireland agreement of late? A<>E<>R >>
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> • Patten Hopes For Chinese WTO Entry Before New Round In November
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> Patten Hopes For Chinese WTO Entry Before New Round In November
>
> WASHINGTON, Sep 25, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) EU Commissioner for External
> Relations Chris Patten said Thursday he hoped China would be able to join the
> WTO before a new round of global trade talks is launched in November.
>
> "The EU supports very much China's accession to the WTO provided we can agree on
> reasonable terms on both sides," Patten told reporters on the sidelines of the
> World Bank and IMF annual meetings here.
>
> Asked if China would be able to join before the new WTO round is launched in
> Seattle, Washington on November 30, Patten said "I hope so because it becomes
> more difficult once you start the negotiations."
>
> "The simplest and the cleanest thing is to get any arguments for accession by
> any members out of the way before the Seattle round starts," he added.
>
> He said that "nobody should underestimate the degree of restructuring" which
> China has already carried out. "Given how (far) they have traveled in recent
> years it should be possible to do these last 10 meters."
>
> Patten, who met with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan in New York on
> Monday, said he welcomed China's resumption of talks with Washington on its WTO
> accession but stressed "it is important to talk to us as well."
>
> While there is a "big overlap" in the issues of concern to the United States and
> European Union in China's accession, the issues are "slightly different," he
> said.
>
> Chinese and US officials are to resume talks on China's WTO bid in Washington on
> Tuesday, after a suspension imposed by China to protest the US bombing of the
> Chinese embassy in Belgrade May 7.
>
> China has also indicated it is ready to resume talks with the EU, but no date
> has been set.
>
> China has been seeking accession to the WTO for 13 years but has been unable to
> reach agreement on how far it should pledge to open its markets in order to
> qualify for entry. ((c) 1999 Agence France Presse)
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