| November 11, 2005 | -
Saudi Arabia was told it could now join the World Trade Organization.
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BBC News
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| December 5, 2003 | -
President Bush explained in a written statement that he repealed his tariffs on foreign steel, which were ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization, not because Europe and Japan planned to retaliate with damaging tariffs (carefully aimed at states Bush needs to capture in the upcoming election) but because the economic outlook for the steel industry has improved and they are no longer necessary.
| Source:
New York Times
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| September 20, 2003 | - A South Korean
farmer set himself on fire during a memorial for another Korean farmer who committed suicide (by stabbing himself in the heart with a Swiss Army knife) at the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico.
| Source:
Reuters
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| September 15, 2003 | - The World Trade Organization met in Cancun, Mexico, and much of the discussion concerned a demand by several poor countries that wealthy countries eliminate agricultural subsidies for their farmers.The talks collapsed after the United States and Europe declined to do so and delegates from several African, Caribbean, and Asian countries walked out.
| Source:
New York Times
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| December 18, 2001 | -
China, which officially became a member of the World Trade Organization, was continuing its crackdown on Uighur Muslims, whom it was executing in large numbers.
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| November 13, 2001 | -
China was admitted to the World Trade Organization.
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| July 10, 2001 | - Negotiators said that all major obstacles to China's entry into the World Trade Organization had been overcome.
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| September 26, 2000 | - Twenty thousand hippies were descending on Prague in anticipation of a meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization; Czech police, 11,000 of whom were standing by to subdue the hippies, were also trying to prevent as many as possible from entering the country.
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