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 | | Bereuter also faulted the Chinese government for engaging in serious negotiations regarding its accession to the WTO only in the month prior to the visit of Chinese Premier Zhu to America. |
 | | Bereuter, a supporter of China's entry into the WTO on acceptable commercial terms, stressed that non-trade issues made accession "increasingly problematic," with support "at one our low points right now." Non-trade issues "will play a role" in the decision regarding permanent most favored nation (MFN) trade status for China, Bereuter said. |
 | | Republicans, Bereuter said, had always provided the majority of votes for bills for more open and free trade, "but the slippage is on my (Republican) side." The House of Representatives, he added, would be a "harder sell" than the Senate. |
| www.fas.org /news/china/1999/99042204_elt.htm (391 words) |
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