Those U.S.-educated Chinese trade lawyers who work for foreign law firms based in China can be considered "Chinese legal capacity" too, said Wang.

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In 2005 the trade body ruled that the law unfairly discriminated against foreign companies despite the US saying that it never intended its commitments to the WTO to mean that it would allow the practice.

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This spring, for instance, a law was passed that will all but repeal the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act.

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And according to the World trade law, you cannot allow American companies to do something that you don't allow foreign companies to do.

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The "war on drugs" refers to a hard-line approach undertaken by the US government since the 1970s, which involves strict law enforcement, and foreign aid and military intervention in countries, in order to stamp out the narcotics trade.

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