Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

Zhu is credited with supplying the tenacity to push through changes such as China’s WTO membership, which helped transform China into the world’s biggest exporter BEIJING: Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the … Read more

WTO chief urges China to reverse trade surplus

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The head of the World Trade Organization on Friday urged China to change its growth model, arguing that its soaring trade surplus is ultimately unsustainable and risks triggering new trade barriers. WTO chief urges China to reverse trade surplus WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told the Munich Security Conference that Beijing said it wanted to support … Read more