The tariff ceiling for agriculture products is expected to drop to 10.8% from 13.2% and for manufactured goods it will go from 9.5% to 7.3% The final bound import rate will be in place on the date of entry into the WTO on most goods, with roughly 25% of future tariff cuts to be implemented three years later.

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Unfortunately, the PRC's entry into the WTO could greatly facilitate this sort of bait-and-switch scheme.

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Passage of legislation granting China PNTR is necessary for the United States to gain the benefits of China's entry into the WTO.

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But it appears the Administration will block Taiwan's entry into the WTO until after Beijing is admitted.

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As Vedomosti, Russia's business daily, points out, Mr Putin has always been the real obstacle to Russia's entry into the WTO.

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Russia's entry into the WTO, at long last, is welcome, but its motives are uncertain.

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Medvedev also denied claims that he and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are at odds over how Russia should seek entry into the WTO.

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