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Article: United States, China Dispute Specifics of WTO High-Tech Accord.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- October 23, 2002
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Byline: John Zarocostas
Oct. 23--GENEVA--The United States and China are fighting over the communist nation's membership in the World Trade Organization's high-tech accord.
China is charging that the United States is hindering its membership to the global agreement, which calls for eliminating all duties on trade of high-tech products such as semiconductors, computers and telecommunication equipment, worth more than $600 billion a year.
"The United States have blocked our membership," said Sun Zhenyu, China's ambassador to the World Trade Organization.
China is committed to joining the WTO's Information Technology Agreement (ITA), the ...