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China faces difficult trade year: minister

BEIJING, China - China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng speaks at a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12. He said China faces an ''extremely difficult'' trade year with the external environment being worse than during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis,

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Japan, China strike deal to settle trade row

BEIJING, China - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (L), Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (2nd from L) and Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (R) strike a deal in Beijing on Dec. 21 to resolve a bilateral a bilateral trade row over three agricultural products, mostly from China.

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Japan, China ministers fail to settle farm trade row

BEIJING, China - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (L) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (2nd from L) meet with China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (R) in Beijing on Dec. 11 to discuss a bilateral trade dispute stemming from Japan's import curbs on three farm product items, mostly from China.

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Japan, China make no progress over trade disputes

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (C) meets his Chinese counterpart Shi Guangsheng (R) in Doha on Nov. 12, but they were unable to narrow gaps over trade rows involving Chinese farm products and Japanese industrial goods. Tsutomo Takebe (L), Japan's farm minister, also attended the meeting.

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Japanese and Chinese trade ministers meet in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng (R) on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meeting in Shanghai on Oct. 17.

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Hiranuma meets with Shi

SHANGHAI, China - China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (L) greets Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma for talks on June 5 on the eve of a two-day meeting of APEC trade ministers beginning in Shanghai on June 6.

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Accession to WTO expected to change China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng speaks at a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13. He said China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is ''not far off'' and membership of the trade body is expected to change the country into a rule-based society.

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China, U.S. sign WTO entry agreement

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (R) and U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky shake hands in Beijing on Nov. 15 after signing a breakthrough agreement that paves the way for China to accede to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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Japan-China ministerial meeting held in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Shi Guangsheng (L), China's minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (C) and Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda (R) at the start of a 40-minute Japan-China ministerial meeting in Beijing on July 8. Komura and Noda are accompanying Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on his official visit to China.

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Japan, China ministers fail to settle farm trade row

BEIJING, China - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (L) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (2nd from L) meet with China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (R) in Beijing on Dec. 11 to discuss a bilateral trade dispute stemming from Japan's import curbs on three farm product items, mostly from China.

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Japan, China strike deal to settle trade row

BEIJING, China - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (L), Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (2nd from L) and Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (R) strike a deal in Beijing on Dec. 21 to resolve a bilateral a bilateral trade row over three agricultural products, mostly from China.

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China faces difficult trade year: minister

BEIJING, China - China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng speaks at a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12. He said China faces an ''extremely difficult'' trade year with the external environment being worse than during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis,

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Hiranuma meets with Shi

SHANGHAI, China - China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (L) greets Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma for talks on June 5 on the eve of a two-day meeting of APEC trade ministers beginning in Shanghai on June 6.

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China's trade minister

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng meets the press in Beijing on Nov. 13. (Kyodo)

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Accession to WTO expected to change China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng speaks at a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13. He said China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is ''not far off'' and membership of the trade body is expected to change the country into a rule-based society.

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WTO chief meets with China's Shi

BEIJING, China - World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Mike Moore (L) and Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Feb. 18.

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China, U.S. sign WTO entry agreement

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (R) and U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky shake hands in Beijing on Nov. 15 after signing a breakthrough agreement that paves the way for China to accede to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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Japan-China ministerial meeting held in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Shi Guangsheng (L), China's minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (C) and Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda (R) at the start of a 40-minute Japan-China ministerial meeting in Beijing on July 8. Komura and Noda are accompanying Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on his official visit to China.

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Japan-China ministerial meeting held in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Shi Guangsheng (L), China's minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (C) and Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda (R) at the start of a 40-minute Japan-China ministerial meeting in Beijing on July 8. Komura and Noda are accompanying Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on his official visit to China.