UCLA
Center for East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies News File
China and the WTO
Fall 1996
"Beijing at Bay (China and International Trade)" Foreign Policy, Fall 1996
January - February, 1997
"Breaching the Great Wall. (China's economic policy and international trade)" The American Prospect, Jan-Feb '97
February 15, 1997
"Can China Deliver the Goods? (issue of membership in the World Trade Organization)" The Economist,02/15/97
August 1998
"China and the WTO: can the assimilation problems be overcome?" Asian Survey, 04/98
December 12, 1998
"Almost Now-Or-Never Time (China's International Trade Status)" The National Journal, 12/12/98
April 12, 1999
"The President's News Conference With Premier Zhu. (Bill Clinton with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji)" Superintendant of Documents, 04/12/99
April 19, 1999
"WTO Offers Gains, Pain for China" Business Asia, 04/19/99
May, 1999
"WTO membership comes closer.(China is closer to joining World Trade Organisation)" China Economic Review, 05/99
May 1, 1999
"United States and China relations: China's early accession into the World Trade Organization.(speech delivered by Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 15, 1999)" City News Publishing Company Inc, 05/01/99
July / August, 1999
"The China WTO Deal: We Owe It to Ourselves" The New Democrat
July 25, 1999
"Chinese FM Tang Rules Out WTO Talks" Agence France Presse, 07/25/99
August 3, 1999
"China To Open Up Wider To Outside World" Xinhua News Agency, 08/03/99
"Clinton Administration Afraid to Upset Unions by Allowing in Mainland, Says Official; Industry Chief in Outburst on WTO" The South China Morning Post, 08/03/99
August 4, 1999
"China To Resume WTO Talks With U.S. In Second Half of August" Agence France Presse, 08/04/99
August 9, 1999
"China Tries to Block Taiwan's WTO Entry" China News, 08/09/99
August 14, 1999
"Jiang Signalling WTO Readiness?" The Business Times, Singapore, 08/14/99
"Suspicions Still" The Economist, 08/14/99
November 6, 1999
"Clinton to Support China's WTO Entry" The China Daily, 11/06/99
November 16, 1999
"U.S. Deal Paves Way for China to Join World Trade Group" The San Francisco, 11/16/99
"U.S. and China sign WTO deal" The South China Morning Post, 11/16/99
November 17, 1999
"Briefing on the Clinton Administration Agenda for the World Trade Organization Material"
"Chinese Liberals Welcome WTO Bid; Entry Gives Boost to Reform Efforts" The Washington Post, 11/17/99
"A threat is removed, but future's uncertain; China's entry into the WTO will change world's economic equilibrium" The Los Angeles Times, 11/17/99
November 23, 1999
"China will cheat foreign firms out of free trade" The Times (London), 11/23/99
November 26, 1999
"China in WTO will help more than just trade; Reforms: entry into the organization will further the social and political changes begun by outside links" The Los Angeles Times, 11/26/99
December 1, 1999
"Zhu tries to calm fear of China trade magnet" The South China Morning Post, 12/01/99
December 3, 1999
"China's Entry into WTO Helps World Trade System" The Xinhua News Agency, 12/03/99
December 4, 1999
"China's Accession to WTO Accelerated" The Xinhua News Agency, 12/04/99
December 6, 1999
"Shi Claims Membership Progress Made Despite Seattle Debacle, Beijing Slams WTO Chaos" The South China Morning Post, 12/06/99
September 21, 2000
"Chinese See Pain as Well as Profit in New Trade Era" The New York Times, 09/21/00
