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GAO-03-797R 1 (2003-06-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamfq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 June 13, 2003 The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Chairman The Honorable Max Baucus Ranking Minority Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable William M. Thomas Chairman The Honorable Charles B. Rangel Ranking Minority Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: GAO's Electronic Database of China's World Trade Organization Commitments China's December 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) signified that the world's seventh largest economy and the United State's fourth largest trading partner would be subject to the multilateral organization's trade liberalizing requirements. China's accession agreement is a set of legal documents totaling more than 800 pages. In order to fulfill its WTO commitments, China will have to undertake numerous actions over the next 10 years, ranging from reducing or eliminating tariffs to improving the transparency of trade-related rules and regulations. An understanding of the terms of China's WTO accession is essential to judging whether China is adhering to these commitments. On October 3, 2002, we issued a report to you entitled World Trade Organization: Analysis of China's Commitments to Other Members, GAO-03-4. That report analyzed the agreement between China and WTO members, including the United States, that allowed China to accede to the WTO. The agreement sets forth China's commitments-or legally binding pledges- to other WTO members and describes how China will adhere to the organization's underlying agreements, principles, rules, and specific procedures. Because of the length and complexity of the accession agreement, we created an electronic database of the major components of the agreement in order to conduct our analysis. We are releasing this database publicly today to assist members of Congress and their staffs, U.S. executive branch agencies, and other interested parties in analyzing, monitoring, and enforcing China's WTO commitments. GAO-03-797R China-WTO Database

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