The first good news of 2000
“Mr. Li!”
After the meeting, Zhou Dachuan, the president of the head office, came to see Li Shanshan in person.
“President Zhou, why are you here in person?”
Li Shanshan greeted him with a smile. The relationship between the two of them is very good now, and he knows that Zhou Dachuan will definitely move to a higher position in the future. It is also beneficial to strengthen contact now.
Zhou Dachuan looked at Li Shanshan and said with a smile: “Mr. Li, I have good news to tell you.” ”
Oh?”
Li Shanshan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: “It seems that the negotiations to join the WTO have begun again. Is there any new progress?”
Li Shanshan has finally been free during the recent period, mainly cultivating his sentiments in his new home with Tang Zexue, and not paying too much attention to the WTO negotiations.
But in his opinion, the hardest bone to crack has been cracked down, and the rest is just a matter of time.
Compared with Li Shanshan, Zhou Dachuan has been crazy busy in the past two months. He has to fly all over the world for negotiations, no less than 50 times to the WTO headquarters alone. According to the airline’s mileage award program, he gets a lot of money from the airline. The free tickets you get are enough to fly to the moon.
The largest trade partner outside the United States is Europa, but overall the negotiations between the two parties have gone smoothly.
After all, the most powerful country now, the United States, bowed its head and agreed, and for Europa, they also had to agree.
Moreover, they do need China’s cheap labor and vast market.
If we can turn China into the world’s factory and provide enough cheap goods to the world, it won’t matter even if we give China the most-favored-nation status.
It can be said that neither the Americans nor the Europeans pay much attention to China. On the contrary, the United States believes that its biggest opponent is Europa, and Europa believes that its opponent is the American.
In particular, the euro has been issued on a pilot basis in Europa member countries this year. It is a supranational currency with independence and legal tender status.
The euro is the most significant result of European monetary reform since the Roman Empire. It not only completes the European single market, but also makes free trade among Eurozone countries more convenient. It is also an important part of the Europa Union integration process.
However, for Americans, the emergence of the euro has exposed Europe’s ambitions, especially challenging the status of the US dollar. It may compete for the right to speak in the financial system in the future, which is absolutely unacceptable to Americans.
So the current situation is that the United States is trying its best to suppress Europa, while China has been ignored.
From the perspective of Americans, China seems to be able to bully them at will and poses little threat to them. However, if the euro is left alone, it will pose too great a threat to the U.S. monetary system in the future.
However, Americans have never dreamed that the Europa League, which they regard as the biggest threat, is actually a mess. It seems that the more than two dozen member countries are very strong, but if something goes wrong, it will immediately fall apart.
While China seems easy to bully, it actually understands what it means to keep a low profile and slowly develop and become stronger.
It was not until more than ten years later that China surpassed the island nation to become the world’s second largest economy, and was on the verge of catching up with the United States. At this time, the Americans suddenly discovered that a powerful China had appeared in front of them unknowingly.
“Well, it’s almost done!”
Zhou Dachuan now had a happy face: “Since the negotiation with the United States was reached, we have been negotiating with Europa, and now the negotiation has been successful!”
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China’s negotiations with Europa lasted more than two months. time, the two sides finally signed a bilateral free trade agreement in the Chinese Imperial Capital!
Next, there will be final negotiations between China and the WTO, mainly to resolve some remaining issues and reach a final comprehensive consensus.
“Great, it seems we are going to succeed soon?”
Li Shanshan was also very happy. The sooner China joins the WTO, the sooner China’s economy will take off.
“Well, according to our estimates, we will officially join the World Trade Organization this month!”
At this point, Zhou Dachuan sighed softly: “It’s not easy!” ”
This month?”
Li Shanshan said slightly I was stunned for a moment, recalling the past memories in my mind. It seemed that the day when China officially joined the WTO was September 17, 2001.
Now, is this day coming early?
In fact, there were two domestic views on China’s accession to the WTO.
One is blindly pessimistic. They believe that joining the WTO means immediately opening up the market in an all-round way and implementing a complete market economy. The influx of a large number of foreign products and services will have a strong impact on our economy. It seems that joining the WTO will usher in a disaster.
The other is blindly optimistic, believing that the day China joins the WTO is when it completes the task of establishing a market economic system, and when China enjoys the benefits of global multilateral trade and investment, its exports, employment, GDP, etc. will immediately increase significantly. It seems that joining the WTO is a golden million. two.
For more than ten years, as negotiations have progressed, similar doubts and disputes have continued, and no one knows what the future will hold.
However, in Li Shanshan’s view, there is no free lunch in the world. It is impossible to join the WTO and enjoy the most-favored-nation status in trade without suffering any impact.
The pros and cons of joining an international organization first depend on whether the country can effectively safeguard its economic sovereignty and economic interests during and after joining. It is easy to fall into misunderstandings when discussing the pros and cons without these specific things.
As someone who has experienced this, Li Shanshan knows the tremendous changes that have taken place since China joined the WTO, so he does his best to support this matter.
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On January 25, 2000,
the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva made a decision to admit China to join the WTO!
From July 1986, when China applied for restoration of its status in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the predecessor of the WTO) to the end of negotiations, after 14 years of struggle and expectation, China finally entered the WTO door with its head high.
And this timeline is one year and nine months ahead of the historical process!
“China has finally joined the expressway of world economic development!”
Li Shanshan received the news immediately, and he was naturally filled with joy.
Today has opened a new page for China’s economy. A country that dares to open itself to the world will never become an island in the world economy.
Of course, China’s goal is not just to join the WTO, but to find a more favorable position in the wave of economic globalization, have a more important say, and achieve faster and healthier development!
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