Tu Xinquan: China releases fromWTOSignal for turning to plurilateral w88 negotiations

(Source: Financial Times Date:2013Year12month6日）

China’s Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng at the World w88 Organization this week(WTO)While addressing the Bali Conference, his speech was full of praise for multilateralism andWTOThe central role of diplomatic rhetoric.

However, one line in his speech, although seemingly well-intentioned, shocked some ministers and senior w88 officials present. Gao Hucheng said that China "is also open to other multilateral and plurilateral negotiations."

This set of diplomatic rhetoric officially confirms that China’s w88 policy has undergone a major change. For many years, China has been upholding multilateralismWTORules, resistance to plurilateral negotiations by some member statesWTOThe threat posed. Now it appears that China is considering changing its stance.

If China does this, it will be on the same path as the United States and the European Union(EU)The same roads as other areas, due toWTODisappointed with the slow progress, these regions have given up on Geneva and begun to abandon itWTOStart negotiations yourself.

Just as China quietly signaled its change of position this week, the world is paying attention to India's tough stance in international negotiations. India's attitude may hinderWTOAchieve its establishment18The first global w88 agreement in years,WTOEager to counter criticism of the organization by entering into this global agreement.

Since2001Joined in yearWTO11053_11063WTOView it as a path to w88 negotiations and place it above its own bilateral agreements with other countries. But now China is not only hedging its bets, it’s even hedging its betsWTOProvide sharp criticism.

Tu Xinquan, a w88 policy expert at the China World w88 Organization Research Institute at the w88 casinosaid that we have seen a great change in China's position.

Tu Xinquansaid that one reason is that Chinese leadersWTODisappointed with the results achieved so far. Gao Hucheng also mentioned in his speech that "the WTO decision-making mechanism is inefficient."

Despite the dramatic shift in stance, the Chinese government is still willing to cede the stage to India. In India Commerce Minister Anand Sharma(Anand Sharma)While threatening to undermine the WTO negotiations, China’s only public event on the first day of the meeting was Gao Hucheng’s announcement that China would increase its support for Africa’s “four cotton countries”—Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali.

The only dramatic scene related to China may be Gao Hucheng's answer to a reporter's question. When a reporter asked whether China's aid had any strings attached, he said: "Is this a pure charity event?" However, Gao Hucheng, who speaks fluent French and holds a doctorate from a university in Paris, did not answer this question.

Thanks toWTOTired of growing tired, China is now more actively exploring other avenues. China has applied to join the services w88 negotiations led by the EU and the United States, which are intended to be updated every year4Rules related to trillions of dollars in service w88.

It is said that when the negotiations started two years ago, the then Chinese EmbassyWTOThe ambassador once rushed into the thenWTODirector General Pascal Lamy(Pascal Lamy)'s office, would like to know how this type of negotiation can be doneWTOProceed outside the frame.

Diplomats say China is still snooping12China’s ongoing “Pan-Pacific Partnership”(Trans-Pacific Partnership,AbbreviationTPP)Negotiation. Some analysts believe China may eventually joinTPP, althoughTPPIt is said to be the United States' intention to shift its economic focus to Asia and even to contain China economically.

Tu Xinquansaid: "We are trying all possible means. Plurilateralism, bilateralism,WTO, as long as it works! ”

He said the reason is that the Chinese government wants to speed up reforms and believes that further opening up the economy will help achieve this goal. However, there are still many obstacles on China's path forward.

European and American officials have doubts about China’s request to join the negotiations on the w88 in Services Agreement. They pointed out thatITChina should be blamed for the failure of product negotiations. This is a lesson learned from the past. Negotiations on w88 in services agreement include50Multiple countries participate, covering about 100 countries around the world70%’s service w88 volume.

Even if China can joinTPPA few years later. Some officials said that China has established an "air defense identification zone" over disputed islands in the East China Sea.TPP17448_17469TPP. (Reporting by Sean Donnan in Nusa Dua)

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