Joint United States-China Statement on World Trade Organization Accession Negotiations
April 13, 1999
President Clinton and Premier Zhu spoke this afternoon on the telephone. During the conversation, they agreed that both sides should move intensively on negotiations toward resolution of the remaining issues in their talks on China's accession to the WTO. They have agreed to have negotiations continue by the end of the month in Beijing.
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William J. Clinton, Joint United States-China Statement on World Trade Organization Accession Negotiations Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/229009