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 | Signing agreement with the EU on China's entry into the World Trade Organization, Beijing, May 19, 2000: Crowded scene before officially signing agreement. click to open  |  | Signing agreement with the EU on China's entry into the World Trade Organization, Beijing, May 19, 2000: European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, seated left, and Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng, seated right, sign an agreement on China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday, May 19, 2000 in Beijing. China and the European Union clinched a deal to open Chinese markets, clearing the biggest hurdle to Beijing's entering the World Trade Organization and increasing pressure on the U.S. Congress to approve permanent trade relations with Beijing. Tariffs on 150 items that Europe produces - from gin to shoes - will fall an average 40 percent and mobile telephone companies will get access to China's markets as part of the deal. click to open |  | Signing agreement with the EU on China's entry into the World Trade Organization, Beijing, May 19, 2000: Chinese President Jiang Zemin, left, shakes hands with European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy Friday, May 19, 2000 after China and EU signed an agreement on China's entry into the World Trade Organization in Beijing. China and the EuropeanUnion clinched a deal to open Chinese markets, clearing the biggest hurdle to Beijing's entering the WTO and increasing pressure on the U.S. Congress to approve permanent trade relations with Beijing. Tariffs on 150 items that Europe produces - from gin to shoes -will fall an average 40 percent and mobile telephone companies will get access to China'smarkets as part of the deal. click to open |  | Sino-EU WTO Talk (2000): Signing agreement with the EU on China's entry into the World Trade Organization, Beijing, May 19, 2000: European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy (L) and Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng shakehands after signing a deal on Beijing's WTO entry Friday. Agreement with the EU is the last major barrier to China's 14-year quest for membership in the World Trade Organization which sets global trade rules. click to open |
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