AVLL 122/1
RECEIVED IN
14 JUL 1986
INDEX
་་
PA
GRS 120
UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
NEUTRAL]
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 1223
OF 110513Z JULY 86
AMENDED DISTRIBUTION.
INFO ROUTINE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY
426
CHINA AND GATT.
1. ON 9 JULY A SPOKESMAN OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL QUOTE VERY SOON UNQUOTE APPLY FOR RESUMPTION OF ITS MEMBERSHIP OF GATT. FORMAL APPLICATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED NEXT
WEEK. THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT CHINA WOULD TAKE AN APPROACH
OF MUTUAL NON RETROACTIVITY ON THE ISSUE OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIOF
DURING THE PERIOD WHEN CHINA'S MEMBERSHIP LAPSED. HE REITERATED
THAT CHINA IS A DEVELOPING COUNTRY AND IS ENTITLED IS THE SAME TREATMENT UNDER GATT AS OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
EVANS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ECD (E)