On June 14, The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a press release regarding the recent US-China consensus on China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The press release said that China and the US have reached agreement on major outstanding issues concerning China's accession to the WTO during June 4-8 bilateral talks in Shanghai, China. US negotiators, led by US Trade Representative, Robert B. Zoellick, and Chinese negotiators, led by Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Shi Guangsheng, capped 15 years of negotiations on a