101.   The head of the World Trade Organization will visit Vietnam this week for talks on its possible entry into the trade body, an official said Tuesday.

102.   The new trade body must clinch a better deal with telecommunications or risk losing international clout.

103.   The meeting was organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries, a powerful trade body.

104.   The move would go against the key WTO rule of equal treatment for all and effectively undermine the effectiveness of the new global trade body.

105.   The nation is diversifying its economy and has made efforts to make its laws comply with WTO rules, the trade body said.

106.   The United States also filed a complaint to the world trade body in June about Japanese laws which complicate distribution services to the extent of keeping foreign firms out.

107.   The United States wants China to clear up questions of market access before joining the global trade body.

108.   The trade body gave the Australians until Tuesday to decide whether it would scrap the ban, but Australia says it needed two more weeks.

109.   The trade body can require member countries to honor their commitment to global trading rules.

110.   The United States wants China to make it easier for foreign companies and goods to penetrate Chinese markets before joining the trade body.