Ex-US chief trade negotiator reflects on progress
By Tan Yingzi | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-01 07:40

Woven straw baskets made by farmers in Linyi, Shandong province, for export to the United States. The country's trade ties with China have been under a lot of pressure in recent years. Fang Dehua / for China Daily |
BEIJING - As China and the United States, the world's two largest economies, face more trade disputes, the World Trade Organization (WTO) can provide the best mechanism for handling the disagreements and keeping the bilateral ties intact, said former US trade representative Charlene Barshefsky.
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