echemi logo
Product
  • Product
  • Supplier
  • Inquiry
    Home > Active Ingredient News > Feed Industry News > Bush asked China to abide by its WTO commitments

    Bush asked China to abide by its WTO commitments

    • Last Update: 2002-02-22
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
    Search more information of high quality chemicals, good prices and reliable suppliers, visit www.echemi.com
    Lead: Reuters news President Bush on Thursday asked China to abide by its commitment to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and promote free trade U.S officials say China has set obstacles to U.S agricultural products with the proposed regulations on genetically modified food, and has been slow to implement WTO commitments such as intellectual property protection "As a full member of the WTO, China is now a full trading partner in the global trading system, and will have the power and responsibility to adapt to and implement the rules of open trade," President Bush said at a press conference held after talks with Chinese President Jiang Zemin The United States has become China's second largest trading partner after Japan, while China is the fourth largest trading partner of the United States, with a total bilateral trade volume of more than 80 billion US dollars last year President Bush, who arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a two-day visit, said the United States should develop trade relations with China U.S officials said at a meeting with President Jiang Zemin, Bush raised the issue of China's planned gene food law, which threatens U.S soybean exports of $1 billion a year, but the issue has yet to be resolved Following Thursday's meeting, Jiang said the two countries have agreed to hold dialogue on regional economic and financial issues and hold an economic and trade conference this year.
    This article is an English version of an article which is originally in the Chinese language on echemi.com and is provided for information purposes only. This website makes no representation or warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness ownership or reliability of the article or any translations thereof. If you have any concerns or complaints relating to the article, please send an email, providing a detailed description of the concern or complaint, to service@echemi.com. A staff member will contact you within 5 working days. Once verified, infringing content will be removed immediately.

    Contact Us

    The source of this page with content of products and services is from Internet, which doesn't represent ECHEMI's opinion. If you have any queries, please write to service@echemi.com. It will be replied within 5 days.

    Moreover, if you find any instances of plagiarism from the page, please send email to service@echemi.com with relevant evidence.