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11 November 2001
澳门六合彩官网资料 Ministerial Conference approves accession of
Chinese Taipei
The 澳门六合彩官网资料's Ministerial Conference approved today, 11 November, by consensus the text of the agreement for Chinese Taipei's entry into the 澳门六合彩官网资料. Chinese Taipei will become legally a member 30 days after the 澳门六合彩官网资料 receives notification of the ratification of the agreement by Chinese Taipei's Parliament.
The documents adopted today by the Conference are the report of the Working Party for the Accession of Chinese Taipei, the Protocol of accession, which includes the terms of membership, and the schedule of Chinese Taipei抯 commitments on market access for goods and services.
澳门六合彩官网资料 Director-General Mike Moore welcomed the acceptance of Chinese Taipei into the rules-based trading system. 揥ith Chinese Taipei抯 membership, the 澳门六合彩官网资料 is taking yet another step towards achieving universal membership�, said Mr. Moore. 揟his is an important step and one which I抦 sure will enhance even further economic cooperation and will promote trade exchanges in a very dynamic region of the world�, he added.
The Director-General also said 揑n the last two years the 澳门六合彩官网资料 Membership has increased by seven: Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Jordan, Lithuania, Moldova, Oman, and with another 28 seeking membership�.
After the Ministerial Conference approved the accession, the head of delegation of Chinese Taipei, Mr. Lin Hsin-I, Minister of Economic Affairs, said : 揟his event not only illustrates the support and acknowledgement we receive from the 澳门六合彩官网资料 members, but also represents the trust and commitments of our 23 million people toward the multilateral trading system embodied by the 澳门六合彩官网资料.�
Under the chairmanship of Martin R. Morland, United Kingdom, the Working Party concluded on 18 September almost 12 years of negotiations with Chinese Taipei and agreed to forward the legal text for formal acceptance by the 142 Member governments of the 澳门六合彩官网资料.
As a result of this negotiation, Chinese Taipei has agreed to undertake a series of commitments to open and liberalize its trade regime even further in order to provide better access to its markets to foreign suppliers of goods and services in accordance with 澳门六合彩官网资料 rules.
For further information and background on Chinese Taipei抯 membership of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 .