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Bush Urges ""Yes"" Vote on China Trade

By Patricia Wilson EVERETT, Wash. (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush set aside "posturing and partisanship" on Wednesday, urging colleagues and Democrats in Congress to pass President Clinton's landmark trade pact with China.

China Signs WTO Deal with Latvia

BEIJING (AP) - Having secured an agreement with Latvia, negotiators seeking to bring China into the World Trade Organization before year's end continued working Wednesday on securing the big prize: a deal with the European Union.

China, EU Into Fine Print on WTO Deal

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese and European Union negotiators got down on Tuesday to the fine print of a potential deal that would move Beijing to the brink of WTO membership.

EU Says Needs More Time to Reach China-WTO Deal

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the European Union ended their first day of trade talks Monday with the EU saying it needed more time to hammer out a deal that would help pave the way for China's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The absence of a deal with the EU is the biggest remaining obstacle to China's membership.

EU Plays for High Stakes in WTO Talks with China

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy arrives in China on Monday hoping to negotiate a market-opening agreement that would remove the biggest remaining obstacle to China joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Clinton Pushes for China Trade in Midwest

The Washington Post / By Matthew Vita / Washington Post Staff Writer

Clinton Preaches Benefits of China Deal to Farmers

By Deborah Charles SHAKOPEE, Minn. (Reuters) - President Clinton took his campaign for freer trade with China to America's heartland on Friday, standing in a barnyard to tell some Minnesota farmers how they would benefit from the trade legislation.

EU Set to Contest US Sanctions Plan

Europe is set to respond angrily to the latest moves by the US Congress to widen retaliation in trade disputes over bananas and beef.

Fact Is, Vote Will Not Change China

USA Today / By Walter Shapiro A Republican colleague stopped by John Kasich's table in the House dining room during lunch Wednesday to ask, "What are you doing about this China thing?" That is the question of the hour on Capitol Hill. A bitterly divided House is less than two weeks from a momentous vote on whether to grant China permanent normal trade relations (PNTR).

Orbis Report Foresees Big Compliance and Political Risks Following China""s WTO Accession

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2000--A report that gauges the risks and opportunities for foreign businesses following China's accession to the WTO concludes that "there is a host of reasons to believe that China will not meet a good number of its WTO obligations," but that China's WTO membership will ultimately mean huge benefits for foreign businesses.