71.   Geneva, Switzerland -- Report by the new World Trade Organization on the effect of global trade deregulation on regional trade bodies.

72.   He added that China appears to be preparing an improved application for membership to the trade body.

73.   He added his country intended to continue liberalizing its economy and aligning it with the rules of the world trade body.

74.   He suggested the trade bodies to carry out a survey to determine how many of their own people pay taxes honestly.

75.   Hong Kong is among eight WTO members with which Taiwan has yet to complete bilateral negotiations on its entry to the world trade body.

76.   Hoping to join the trade body by July, Taiwan has stepped up negotiations with foreign governments by committing itself to freer trade.

77.   If the consultations fail to resolve the dispute, the complainants can ask the trade body to set up a panel to rule on the matter.

78.   In its April ruling, the trade body found the existing preferential treatment Europe grants Caribbean and African growers violated international trade agreements.

79.   India has recently been made a full dialogue partner of the Asian trade body.

80.   Jeffrey Lang, the U.S. deputy trade representative, called for the issue of trade and labor rights to be part of a future agenda for the trade body.