Brussels, 19/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - In Hong Kong where he was closing, on Monday, a five day tour in Asia, Commissioner Pascal Lamy felt that accession by China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) could take place by next summer, at the same time as that of Taiwan and a few months before the launch of the new round of multilateral negotiations in Qatar.
For Mr Lamy the Chinese accession process is on the verge of being completed. Already last month, he said, the success was "a heart...