GlobalSpin News & Views from Abroad

Founded 1999 Week of June 4, 2000


What is Global Spin?



Click here to go directly to comprehensive list of links to foreign press from over 100 nations.



Can the WTO Open Up China?

Trade with China: Win-win or win-lose?
click here to read full article
Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace


Reality Bytes
The Way Forward
South China Morning Post


GlobalSpin Archives


 
Find A Person:

Search the Web:

This Week at GlobalSpin


Get Headlines:

November 15, 1999 The China -US Trade agreement reached today in Beijing by US Trade Representative Charlene Barshevsky and Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng opens the way for China's accession to the World Trade Organization. For both sides, the agreement fulfills a major goal of negotiation ahead of the WTO Summit in Seattle. Supporters of the day term it a win-win solution" for China, the US...


SOURCES

China and World Trade


China and PNTR: A Chronology

Jiang Thanks Clinton for PNTR (South China Morning Post)
U.S.-China Trade Deal Apparently Has Enough Votes (Reuters)
Chinese Leaders Resist Change (Newsday)
China's US Trade Critics (BBC)
Horse Trading May Help Determine Trade Vote (South China Morning Post)
Trade Deal to Widen Deficit (South China Morning Post)
Momentum on Trade Deal Intensifies (South China Morning Post)


China and the Other Track

China to Implement WTO Agreement Upon Entry: FM Spokeswoman. (The People's Daily)
U.S. Jubilant over China Trade Deal. (The People's Daily)
European Companies Hail China-EU WTO Agreement. (The People's Daily)
China, EU Sign Agreement on China's WTO Accession. (The People's Daily)
Swedish Trade Minister Urges Support for China's WTO Bid (The People's Daily)
China-EU WTO Deal Significant. (The People's Daily)
(BBC)
Sino-EU Trade Talks Collapse without a Deal on WTO Membership. (AFP via The Tocqueville Connection)
Chinese and EU Push for WTO Deal, in Secret. (AFP via The Tocqueville Connection)


...as Other Deals Fall into Place.

India-Friendship a Historical Necessity: Indian President. (The People's Daily)
China, Australia Sign Trade Deal Heading for WTO. (The People's Daily)


Views from France

France, US Face Off for Chinese Nuclear Market. (AFP via The Tocqueville Connection)
Now More than Ever, Rich Nations Need the Cooperation of the Poorer States. (The International Tribune via The Tocqueville Connection)
Where to Put China in World Forums? (The International Herald Tribune via The Tocqueville Connection)
China, India, Russia: Eyeing New Alignments (The International Herald Tribune via The Tocqueville Connection)


Thoughts from Malaysia

Business: Econ Talk: Important to Understand goals and methods of NGOs in the North (The New Straits Times Press)
North-South differences in perception on Beijing (Third World Network)
Bilateral investment agreements play only a minor role in attracting FDI. (Third World Network)


Thoughts from Thailand

Rich Nations Drag Feet over Reforms (Bangkok Post)
When workers help themselves: Labour movement reaches moral impasse over wages and poverty (Bangkok Post)


...and from the Vatican

Pope Warns Against Globalization (BBC)


As the Socialists See It

China trade bill approved by US House of Representatives (World Socialist Website)

[ back to top of page ]


Copyright © 1999-2000, J. Dixon. All Rights Reserved.