The oil-rich Gulf states grouped in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) should consider letting their "poor stepbrother" join the organization.

海湾合作委员会（GCC）的那些石油资源丰富的海湾国家应该考虑让他们“贫穷的继兄弟”加入该组织。

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Q: China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold their first strategic dialogue shortly. Please brief us on the agenda and topics.

问：中国和海湾合作委员会将于近日举行首次战略对话，请介绍主要议题和日程。

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The oil-rich Gulf states grouped in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) should consider letting their poor stepbrother join the organization.

海湾合作委员会（下文中简称为“海合会”）的那些石油富国应该考虑将这个“穷弟弟”纳入到组织中来。

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Gulf States in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) are said to be considering plans for a value added tax (VAT) by 2015 while also lowering corporate tax rates to increase foreign direct investment, according to the Paying Taxes 2013 report conducted by the World Bank, IFC and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

CNN: UAB Chief: Gulf States will tax eventually

Along with other GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries, Bahrain has cracked down hard on internet activism.

BBC: Bahraini blogger Ali Abdulemam flees to UK

Twenty years ago, or thereabouts, young Arabs in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), for example, would find it easier to go into a role with government where life was not entirely strenuous and where they could get good money.

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