SPECIAL FEATURE: WTO - What's the Hold-up

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It is quite remarkable that it is just a few months shy of 15 years since China applied to resume its status as a contracting party to the General Agreement…

It is quite remarkable that it is just a few months shy of 15 years since China applied to resume its status as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the predecessor of today's World Trade Organization.2With the founding of the WTO on January 1 1995, China's application became acknowledged as one for accession to membership in the new global trade body. Why is the world still waiting for this accession to occur?

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