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Trade policy
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) BACKGROUND: The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established on 1 January 1995 as the legal and institutional foundation of the multilateral trading system. It provides the principal contractual obligations determining how... Read more |
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World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization (WTO), international organization established in 1995 as a result of the final round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations, called the Uruguay Round. The WTO is responsible for monitoring national trading policies, handling trade disputes, and... Read more |
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), former specialized agency of the United Nations. It was established in 1948 as an interim measure pending the creation of the International Trade Organization. However, plans for the latter were abandoned and GATT continued to exist until the end of... Read more |
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong , Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov., SE China, on the estuary of the Pearl River, 40 mi (64 km) E of Macao and 90 mi (145 km) SE of... Read more |
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Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd
Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. 15th FloorThree Exchange SquareHong Kong IslandHong Kong(5) 848-8718Fax: (5) 868-5187 Public Company Incorporated: 1988Employees: 15,450Sales: HK$18.37 billion (US$2.42 billion)Stock Exchanges: Hong Kong New York Pacific Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. (also... Read more |
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China-Great Britain 1842 Treaty of Peace
Nanking, treaty of, 1842. The first Chinese war 1839–42 originated when the Chinese authorities seized and destroyed large quantities of opium, which British merchants were importing. After sporadic military and naval actions, the Chinese emperor agreed to open up trade, pay compensation for... Read more |
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Shenzhen
Shenzhen , city (1994 est. pop. 695,600), S Guangdong prov., China, on the South China Sea, N of Hong Kong. Designated a special economic zone in 1979, the city's spectacular economic growth led China to create over a dozen more similar areas. Benefiting from its strategic position next to Hong... Read more |
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Opium Wars
Opium Wars 1839-42 and 1856-60, two wars between China and Western countries. The first was between Great Britain and China. Early in the 19th cent., British merchants began smuggling opium into China in order to balance their purchases of tea for export to Britain. In 1839, China enforced its... Read more |
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China Clipper
CHINA CLIPPER CHINA CLIPPER, the first class of hydroplanes in the San Francisco-Manila trans-Pacific service. This aircraft, with a crew of seven and Captain Edwin C. Musick at the controls, took off from Alameda, Calif., near San Francisco, for the first trans-Pacific mail flight on 22 November... Read more |
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China Exclusive: China looks for substantive progress in WTO meeting in Hong...
China Exclusive: China looks for substantive progress in WTO meeting in Hong Kong BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China looks to the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks... |
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Hong Kong's Investment in China Recedes; Beijing's WTO Membership May Boost...
...display cases with looks of practiced ennui...routed through Hong Kong as recently as...largest investor in China. But that dominance...to Yam and Xie, Hong Kong's share of total...direct investment in China ... |
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Brazil calls for G-20 unity at WTO Hong Kong meeting.
...next month in Hong Kong. "I am convinced...talks under the WTO. The G-20, which includes Brazil, China and India, represents...agriculture exports. The WTO members have aimed...the Dec. 13-18 Hong Kong ... |
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HK Holds Seminar to Enhance WTO Awareness HONG KONG, March 7
...excellent infrastructure, Hong Kong will be able to expand and enhance...role as the premier gateway to China," he said. Chau said the Hong Kong government strongly supports China's WTO membership and ... |
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AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER COMMENTS ON TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF HONG KONG, CHINA
...2004. We look forward to...appreciate Hong Kong, China's constructive...approach to the WTO as an institution...the DDA. Hong Kong, China...United States looks forward to ... |
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Ian Pearson MP visits China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4...
...and investment, Hong Kong's role in the...preparations for the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong in December. In...strength of the UK-China comprehensive strategic...Beijing, where I look forward to meeting...s ... |
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Hong Kong signs China trade deal But barriers will limit mainland access to...
...take a careful look at whether it makes...provisions. Hong Kong made few concessions...the agreement, Hong Kong pledged not to...qualifies as a Hong Kong company...might have prompted China ... |
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CHASING CHINA; FUELED BY ITS ENTRY INTO THE WTO, ATTENDANCE AT CHINA'S TRADE...
...starting to look for ways...directly in China, experts in Hong Kong said it...have added China to their...taking away Hong Kong events...but we look at the statistics...markets. ... |
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Hong Kong Company Brings Head N.V. Brand to China.
...sporting heroes." China is already a...quality sporting look street wear...next year. "China is a market...see many other Hong Kong companies broker...forward so that Hong Kong people may also...riches that ... |
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HK looks to US, China for upturn.(future of Hong Kong depends on factors...
...control. The Hong Kong Government, analysts...agree that for Hong Kong to prosper this...US demand and China's entry into the WTO. And many are...two events, it looks likely that this decision is out of ... |
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