Changsoo, Kim

Introduction
The World Trade Organization (WTO) came into force on January 1995 succeeding the General Agreements on Tariffs Trade (GATT 1948). Dozens of new membership applications since then have been filed from countries that missed the initial deadline, and are currently under negotiations. Only a number of countries such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and China are yet to file their applications, which are presumably in preparation. Among them, however, China’s accession to the new GATT seems particularly protracted since the talks on GATT membership of China over the last few years turned out to be unsuccessful.
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