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week to join the World Trade Organization, officials and analysts
said yesterday.
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Thinkpad China's level of farm support is lower than in more developed
countries such as the United States, said Ke Bingsheng,
director-general of the Ministry of Agriculture's Research Center
for Rural
Economy. Rural incomes in China
grew just 2 percent in 2000 compared with 7 percent for city
dwellers, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, and
China says it needs to support farmers to close the income gap
with urban workers.
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partners insisting that China must further reduce its domestic
supports," Ke said. "China will never be in a position to support
its farmers at as high a level as developed countries because it
does not have enough
money."
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Laptop Computers Members of the 140-nation WTO are meeting in Geneva this week in
an effort to reach an agreement on how much China must open its
markets in order to join the group that governs international
trade. Yesterday's talks lasted just five minutes--with delegates
failing to break the deadlock over agricultural support and other
issues such as foreign access to the country's service
industries.
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Laptop Computer "There is little time left" to overcome those differences in the
talks due to end tomorrow, WTO Deputy Director-General Paul-Henri
Ravier told the closed-door meeting. More bilateral and
multilateral meetings are needed despite "intensive work and
serious efforts" during the weekend, he said.
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Desktop Computer On Friday, after the first three days of talks, China's chief
negotiator Long Yongtu expressed frustration with attempts by the
United States and the 18-nation Cairns Group, which includes
Australia, Canada and Brazil, to limit China's farm subsidies to 2
percent of the value of the nation's agricultural output, rather
than the 10 percent limit allowed for developing nations.
Notebooks China's only real farm supports are the above-market procurement
prices paid to farmers for strategic grains such as corn, rice and
wheat, and subsidies to cotton
marketing agencies to hold
reserves, Ke said.
Lenovo China in 1999 spent 31.9 billion yuan ($3.85 billion) on
subsidies for grain and cotton, according to the National Bureau of
Statistics. That is less than a quarter of the $16.9 billion in
farm income support outlays reported by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture in the same year.
Hard Drive On a net basis, after taking into account China's 8 percent
agriculture tax, China's support for the domestic agriculture is
actually negative, Ke said.
Travelstar China's spending is also spread over a rural population of 900
million, compared with about 5 million farmers in the United
States.
Gateway If China's farm supports are capped by the WTO, it may restrict
the nation's ability in the future to reduce the perceived threat
to social stability caused by the gap between rural and urban
earnings, said Michael Goettl, Shanghai-based president of
consultancy China Food and Agricultural Services Inc.
Laptop Parts Strict limits on China's domestic farm supports would be
onerous, as the country has already agreed to end export subsidies
for farm products and increase import quotas, Goettl said.
Software Average rural per capita income rose 1.5 percent in the first
half of the year to 1,013 yuan ($122), compared with an 8.7 percent
gain in urban incomes to 3,208 yuan, according to the National
Bureau of Statistics. Final income figures for 2000 have not been
released yet.
Hard Drives "Chinese officials want to allow themselves the flexibility to
address this issue without being hampered by WTO commitments,"
Goettl said. "It's a perfectly legitimate policy goal and I don't
know why other countries would come down hard on them if this is
really the only issue at stake."
Electronics The world's most populous nation can't end its 14-year effort to
join the Geneva-based trade body until the WTO drafts a final
agreement that combines the terms Beijing agreed to in its
individual accords with member countries.
Canon Although an agreement is close on several issues that will form
the legal basis of China's accession terms, divisions remain in
areas ranging from trading rights to safeguards on textiles. A
final accord could be months away.
Desktop Pc Progress on Chinese membership has also been hampered by the
U.S. presidential election. While President-elect George W. Bush
supports China's accession, his team may want to pick apart pieces
of the plan already endorsed by the Clinton administration.
Desktop Computers "One can understand if the Chinese are nervous about doing a
deal with the outgoing administration," said David Woods, editor of
Geneva-based World Trade Agenda. "China's ambition to enter the WTO
as soon as possible hasn't changed. It's uncertain about the mood
on trade in the new Congress.
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