11.   China also reached a final accord with Mexico this week, which was the only other remaining obstacle to joining the trade body.

12.   China is keen to join the global trade body, but the U.S. and other western nations insist China join as an economically developed nation.

13.   China wants to join the global trade body to gain access to the same low tariffs other WTO countries enjoy.

14.   Caribbean Community leaders meet in Antigua tomorrow to discuss, among other issues, strategy for trade negotiations with the U.S., the European Union and world trade bodies.

15.   China has been trying to enter the world trade body for more than a decade.

16.   For foreign investors already in China, its move toward membership in the trade body is seen as a mixed blessing.

17.   Four years of cementing a world trade system seemed shaky this week, as Washington found itself verbally pummeled by other members of the trade body.

18.   He also ran, with Vice President Al Gore, the US-South Africa Binational Commission, the most important trade body linking the two countries.

19.   He said he hopes China can join the global trade body early this year.

20.   He said that the administration should have sought significant changes in the way Beijing does business before agreeing to sponsor its membership in the world trade body.