LOL... My Dear Goldsnow, everything has a price! Does the US stand for Communism?? Nope --and yet, US-China relations have turned into a honeymoon of sorts... particularly after 911.
I hope the article below will not be too difficult for you to grasp....
Monday, 15 November, 1999, 23:02 GMT
US business eyes Chinese market
By the BBC's Kevin Anderson in Washington
Agricultural and business interests in the US have mobilised to ensure approval of a new trade pact between China and the US.
The US business community see the world's most populous country as potentially their most profitable market, and US agricultural interests hope an open Chinese market could help pull the farm economy out of its present slump.
Congress would need to pass permanent normal trade relations, instead of reviewing most favoured trading status on an annual basis, according to a spokesman for the office of the US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, which negotiated the pact.
The USTR spokesman was upbeat about the chances of congressional approval of permanent normal trade relations.
Business groups on the offensive
Major US business groups such as the US Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable , a group of US Chief Executive Officers, are expected to throw their considerable weight behind the agreement.
The US Chamber of Commerce is reviewing the agreement, but said if the agreement is one US business can support, the group will launch a major lobbying campaign in support of China's entry into the WTO and permanent Normal Trade Relations for China.
"American business will explain to Congress the tremendous benefits that China's entry into the WTO would mean for this country in terms of future economic growth and job creation," said United States Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue Donohue.
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news.bbc.co.uk
Now, look at Russia, Goldsnow... isn't it pathetic??? I mean, the Russkies have, for their part, wholeheartedly converted to Capitalism's free-market shibboleths... to no avail. Will they ever make it to the WTO? You Jews brag about the day when oil fields will dry up --if those silly Arabs only knew, eh? But think of Russia! LOL... Space tourism for billionaires will never make up for lost oil revenues.
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