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Article: China's Role in WTO May Open Doors Locally.(World Trade Organization)(Brief Article)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- October 15, 2001
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After China is accepted into the World Trade Organization next year, San Diego companies should find that doing business there will be much easier than before.
"It levels the playing field and enables companies to compete more effectively," said Kathy Ward, president of the San Diego World Trade Center. Also, she said, "It would help reduce the high tariffs that China has now."
Claire Wright, director of international according firm Ernst & Young's WTO Center in San Diego and partner in the firm's customs practice, said "The purpose of the WTO is to remove tariffed and non-tariffed barriers to trade."
The WTO has more than 140 member countries. ...