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        "msgid": "china-joins-bangkok-accord-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-04-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "China joins Bangkok Accord",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "China joins Bangkok Accord BANGKOK (AFP): China has joined the United Nations' Bangkok Agreement on trade, bringing the total membership of the Asian preferential trading framework to six, the UN said Friday. China acceded to the 1975 trade pact earlier this week, joining current members India, South Korea, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Laos, the UN said in a statement.",
        "content": "<p>China joins Bangkok Accord<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): China has joined the United Nations&apos; Bangkok<br>\nAgreement on trade, bringing the total membership of the Asian<br>\npreferential trading framework to six, the UN said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>China acceded to the 1975 trade pact earlier this week,<br>\njoining current members India, South Korea, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka<br>\nand Laos, the UN said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;China&apos;s accession is significant because it marks that<br>\ncountry&apos;s debut into regional trading agreements,&quot; said the<br>\nstatement by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and<br>\nthe Pacific (ESCAP).<\/p>\n<p>The UN said it was significant that members of the agreement<br>\nwould have access on concessional terms to the markets of two<br>\neconomic giants -- India and China.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;(It is) significant that China has acceded to Asia&apos;s only<br>\nregional preferential trading agreement ahead of its accession to<br>\nthe World Trade Organization.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>ESCAP&apos;s headquarters in Bangkok functions as the secretariat<br>\nfor the Bangkok Agreement.<\/p>",
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