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Title: Taiwan's accession to the WTO and its economic relations with the United States and China.
Author: Wayne M. Morrison
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: May 16, 2003
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
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Summary After several years of negotiations, Taiwan joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), the international organization that sets rules for most international trade, on January 1, 2002. Taiwan's WTO membership is expected to accelerate trade and economic reforms, boost economic growth, and expand trade and investment links with other WTO members, including the United States. WTO accession by both Taiwan and China (which joined in December 2001) could expand their bilateral commercial ties as well. In an effort to further boost U.S.-Taiwan economic ties (and to lessen Taiwan's growing economic dependency on the mainland), some Members of Congress have indicated support and proposed legislation (H.Con.Res. 98) for a U.S.-Taiwan free trade...
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