Text: Bush's Message to Congress Concerning China's WTO Accession
(White House press release)

President Bush, in transmitting a report to the U.S. Congress November 9 concerning China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), sent the following message:

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release
November 9, 2001

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

In accordance with the requirements of Public Law 106-286, I hereby transmit the attached report certifying that the terms and conditions for the accession of the People's Republic of China to the World Trade Organization are at least equivalent to those agreed between the United States and the People's Republic of China on November 15, 1999.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)


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