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Keith Nuthall
FURTHER details have emerged about the effect on the international automobile industry of China’s recently approved membership of the World Trade Organisation. According to an EU briefing paper obtained by just-auto.com, China has made significant steps to liberalise its auto trade, a statement that contrasts with the pessimistic tone of an earlier WTO paper, which said that tariff protection would remain high after it formally joins the trade body, probably next March.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
AFTER 15 years of negotiations, China has reached agreement on the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organisation, thereby opening the way for British accountancy firms to set up shop in the world’s most populous market.…

Keith Nuthall
CHINA was due today (Monday) to be granted membership of the World Trade Organisation, following 15 years of often intense negotiations, although its automobile industry is to retain a significant level of tariff protection.

After implementing all the promises it has made in the bilateral deals which paved the way for WTO membership, China’s average bound tariff level for industrial goods will drop to 8.9 per cent, with a range from 0 to 47 per cent.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA is to reserve the right to maintain its state tobacco monopoly under the agreements that it has struck to secure World Trade Organisation membership, which has been approved after 15 years of often intense negotiations.

Tobacco is one of only a limited number of sectors, where China has insisted on maintaining exclusive state trading controls, other industries include cereals, fuels and minerals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA has been granted membership of the World Trade Organisation, following 15 years of often intense negotiations, although its automobile industry is to retain a significant level of tariff protection.

For industrial goods the average bound tariff level will fall to 8.9 per cent with a range from 0 to 47 per cent, with the highest rates applied to photographic film and automobiles and related products.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
NEW and potentially significant opportunities for British and other Western architects to practise in China have been opened up by an agreement on the terms for China to join the World Trade Organisation. China’s commitments will allow access for foreign service providers guaranteed by “transparent and automatic licensing procedures” which are set out in detail in its Protocol of Accession.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL cosmetics companies will find it easier to export to China in the future, following the approval of its membership of the World Trade Organisation, a decision that was achieved by China making a wide range of concessions that will liberalise its commercial laws.…

KEITH NUTHALL
FOREIGN companies will be able to hold 100 per cent ownership in hotels in China, under the trade deal which led to Chinese membership of the World Trade Organisation being approved this week. Smaller tourist businesses will also be able to operate in China in future, because of a promise by Beijing to scrap minimum capital and turnover requirements for overseas travel firms.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
TAIWANESE authorities have decided to spend more than NT$ 3 billion on upgrading Kaohsiung international airport in western Taiwan, as well as its seaport facilities. The plan has been announced by the country’s Economic Development Council and includes lengthening runways.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE TRADE in clothing between China and the rest of the world is set to grow sharply, with the agreement being forged to allow Chinese membership of the World Trade Organisation, after 15 years of negotiations.

It means that China has acceded to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, being subject to its rights and obligations, including the fact that, as for all WTO members, its quotas on textiles should be scrapped by December 31, 2004.…