The European Commission said this week that it was “on the road” to securing a deal with China…

Date: 27/01/2000

...on Beijing's bid to join the World Trade Organisation, but “important” issues remained to be resolved. In a joint statement issued after more than two days of talks, both sides said good progress had been made on the terms of a market-access agreement which would pave the way for China's entry into the world trade body.