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China WTO Accession and Permanent Normal Trade Relations

HTP Presentations and Reports:

China and Hong Kong: Opportunities and Challanges for U.S. Horticultural Products
A report highlighting current U.S. exports to Hong Kong and China and addressing the implications of China's anticipated accession to the WTO on trade. The report also discusses changes in tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and competition with other products, as well as the expected evolution of Hong Kong's role as a transshipment point.

China's Fruit and Vegetable Production and Trade
A report on the history of China's fruit and vegetable production growth and the factors contributing to this growth.

Commodity Fact Sheets

Agreement On U.S.- China Agricultural Cooperation: Citrus Protocols

ERS Publications:

China's WTO Accession Would Boost U.S. Ag Exports and Farm Income

ERS Key Topics

 

Other Asia and Pacific

HTP Presentations and Reports:

New Taiwan Plant Quarantine Requirements for Bulb Mite (8/28/01)
New Zealand - Deregulation of Apple Industry (6/14/01)
Japan's Imports from the United States With Exchange Rate Analysis
Japan to Implement Provisional Safeguard Measures from April 23, 2001
Singapore Marketing Opportunity Report
Indonesia Marketing Opportunity Report
Malaysia Marketing Opportunity Report
Australia: Competitor Report
India: Country Profile
U.S. Horticultural Exports to Asia

Special Reports:

Thailand - A Potential Import Tariff Cut on Agricultural Commodities (11/2/01)
China - Fruit Entry Quarantine Regulations (11/1/01)
Philippines - Various Fruits and Nuts from China Banned (10/29/01)
Japan Proposes a Safety Net on Domestic Vegetables (10/9/01)
The Philippine Government Banned Various Fruits and Nuts including Corn from China (10/15/01)
Japanese Government Intensifies Monitoring for Unapproved Biotech Food Products (9/20/01)
Update on Japan's Biotech Safety Approval & Labeling Policies (8/29/01)
Korea - Biotech Labeling Standards for Processed Foods (8/25/01)
Australia - GMO Labeling (8/23/01)
Korea - Enforcement of Biotech Labeling for Processed Food (6/27/01)
Japanese Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) announced plans to expand its place-of-origin labeling (POL) requirement (5/30/01)
India - GOI Scraps Port-of-Entry Restrictions (5/23/01)
Vietnam - Import Tariffs Increase (5/9/01)
India - GOI Restricts Entry Points for Sensitive Imports (5/7/01)
Vietnam Exporter Guide
Japan -Agricultural Situation This Week in Japan (2/27/01)
New Zealand Agricultural Situation Agribusiness Report (2/27/01)
Japan Considering Safeguard Measures on Vegetable, Seafood, and Wood Products (2/15/01)

ERS Briefing Room:

Australia
East and Southeast Asia
India
Japan
Oceania
South Asia
South Korea

Trade Agreements

Proposed U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
Bilateral Trade Agreement to Normalize Trade Relations with Vietnam

Trade Issues Summaries by the US Trade Representative's Office:

Hong Kong
Taiwan

Overview of U.S. Sanctions Regimes:

A summary of sanctions against the Taliban (Afghanistan)
An overview of sanctions against Myanmar
An overview of the Foreign Assets Control Regulations against North Korea

Other Links:

Links to Foreign Statistical Agencies

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Australian Customs Service

Indian Directorate of Valuation

New Zealand Customs Service

Thai Customs Department

Trade Information Center- Asia and the Pacific

Japanese Customs Agency

US Department of State: Country Background Notes

East Asia and the Pacific
South Asia

 


Last modified: Wednesday, July 21, 2004