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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 2, 1993                   TAG: 9303020090
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: BEIJING                                LENGTH: Short

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U.S. BACKS CHINA ENTRY TO WORLD TRADE SYSTEM

The United States expressed support Monday for admitting China to the world trading system and resumed talks on the matter that were suspended when Beijing crushed the democracy movement in 1989.

Admission of China to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which regulates much of the world's trade, would boost Beijing's campaign to increase its role and acceptance in the international community.

The reopening of the talks could indicate that President Clinton is backing off his campaign pledge to penalize China for human-rights abuses.

- Associated Press

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