From Inter Press Service, via Asia Media:
If US trade officials are critical of China’s aloof attitude toward the upcoming global trade talks, held in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, they have a point.
China, as a developing country sharing the West’s desire for broad trade liberalization but perceiving itself as a champion of the developing world, could play a central role in the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. “I believe that China, being a major player now in the global trading system, and a major beneficiary of the multilateral trading system, has a responsibility to be more engaged in the talks,” US trade representative Rob Portman said in Beijing in November.
