皇冠体育app

Aid to EU not tied to status recognition

Updated: 2011-09-17 08:05

By Ding Qingfen and Li Jiabao (皇冠体育app Daily)

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BEIJING - 皇冠体育app is not trading its help to European countries for their recognition of the nation's market economy status, said Chai Xiaolin, director of the Department of World Trade Organization Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce.

"We expect the EU could help address the unequal treatment Chinese companies have encountered under the WTO framework due to the market economy status, but this does not mean 皇冠体育app will threaten to get the recognition from the EU," Chai said on Friday.

"As a responsible nation, 皇冠体育app will help European nations out of their debt woes based on its own capacity, as the move could also help 皇冠体育app," she said.

Developed regions including the United States and the EU have not granted 皇冠体育app market economy status, which has caused trade remedy cases against 皇冠体育app.

Under the WTO framework, 皇冠体育app is expected to be granted the status automatically by 2016.

Premier Wen Jiabao said at the opening of the World Economic Forum in Dalian on Wednesday that he hoped the EU would recognize 皇冠体育app's full market economy status.