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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	March 17, 2000
Report No.	NSIAD-00-94
Subject	Foreign governments Foreign trade agreements Foreign trade policies International economic relations International organizations International trade China Estonia European Union Latvia Lithuania Yugoslavia

Summary:

China is the world's largest economy that is not subject to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) trade-liberalizing requirements. Since 1986, China has been in negotiations to join WTO. The United States has taken a leading role in those negotiations, which have been taking place on two tracks--bilateral and multilateral negotiations--during the past 14 years. The bilateral negotiations are intended to secure China's commitment to remove market access barriers and to open its domestic market to more foreign goods and services. The goal of the multilateral negotiations is to ensure that China will adopt all the rules, practices, and obligations required by WTO agreements to improve its general trade regime. This report describes (1) the status of the negotiations for China to join WTO, (2) the results of the negotiations compared to U.S. objectives for these negotiations, and (3) trade and legal considerations about granting China permanent normal trade relations status.

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World Trade Organization: China's Membership Status and Normal Trade Relations Issues