Follow up report on China's transgenic rules

Introduction: US agricultural negotiators hold talks with China after China's accession to the WTO According to Beijing, the US chief agricultural negotiator said Tuesday that China still has a lot to do in formulating agricultural rules and regulations and in making tariff cuts consistent with its commitments to the world trade organization China promised to open its agricultural market to foreign countries and strengthen competition, and finally joined the World Trade Organization on December 11, 2001, becoming a member of the WTO China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has promoted the export of American agricultural products to China, and the US export earnings have increased by 2 billion US dollars, said Alan F Johnson, the US ambassador who serves the US trade delegation After talks with Chinese trade officials in Beijing, Johnson said that while uncertainty remained, it was unclear how China would cut some tariffs and control genetically modified food Johnson said that this is the most critical moment for China to reach a conclusion, join the World Trade Organization and avoid trade conflicts Beijing has promised to cut import tariffs, from an average of 24.6% in 1997 to an average of 9.4% in 2005 Many of these market opening commitments will take effect from 1 January 2002 Johnson said that in the short term, China has a lot of work to do Johnson said the U.S is pleased to have reached an over agreement with China, clearing the barriers to trade in soybeans that generate $1 billion in foreign exchange to China each year China has agreed to recognize U.S and other countries' soybean safety certificates, and this situation will continue until China's new genetically modified rules are issued This year, due to the uncertainty of regulations and concerns about China's new quality inspection procedures, American producers' shipments of soybeans to China once stopped Johnson said Chinese officials have yet to give details of the rules and when they will be released ZBJ (author:) to feed Weibo to: