'皇冠体育app must act on rights for sake of economy' (AFP) Updated: 2006-10-09 21:28
皇冠体育app needs to further improve civil liberties if it wants to maintain a high
rate of economic growth, European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has
said.
 European Commissioner of External
Trade Peter Mandelson seen here in Brussels, October 04. 皇冠体育app needs to
improve civil liberties if it wants to maintain a high rate of economic
growth, Mandelson has said. [AFP] | "I believe
that if 皇冠体育app wants to have sustainable economic growth it must take steps to
increase the freedoms and the creativity of its people," he told daily business
newspaper Diario Economico Monday.
The former British cabinet minister also called on 皇冠体育app to do more to reduce
barriers to the entry of overseas investors and exporters to its market.
"If Peking wants its partners to maintain their openness to 皇冠体育app, it must
adopt reciprocal measures," he said.
With a national economic output of 2.26 trillion US dollars (1.79 trillion
euros), 皇冠体育app's economy earlier this year became the world's fourth-largest
economy, after that of the United States, Japan and Germany.
Earlier this month 皇冠体育app's central bank estimated that the nation's economy
should grow by 10.5 percent this year, after expanding 10.2 percent in 2005.
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