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GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization hailed a decision by China to forgo trade benefits from its status as a developing country, which the global body said would help make the trading system ...

China has announced it will abandon the special treatment for developing countries (developing nations) it has enjoyed in the World Trade Organization (WTO), a central pillar of the free trade system.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, shakes hands with Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in Tianjin, ahead of the annual World Economic Forum New Champions meeting ...

SHANGHAI (AP) — China has said it would no longer seek the special treatment given to developing countries in World Trade Organization agreements — a change long demanded by the United States.