WTO:Membership Talks With Iran_资讯
members of the world trade organization agreed thursday to allow iran to open negotiations to join the body, with no objections from the us.
related analysis: eu, iran bound to talk for mutual interests
|wto officials said that the united states, which previously had blocked iran’s long-held desire to join the wto, raised no objections.
the wto takes such decisions by consensus.
wto membership is one of the rewards european union negotiations have been offering iran if it agrees to curb its nuclear program to ensure that it produces only electricity and not weapons.
the united states said in march it would drop its veto on a start to iran’s accession negotiations.
u.s. officials in geneva declined to comment on the decision made by the wto’s governing general council.
the council immediately created a working group for iran’s accession.
related analysis: eu, iran bound to talk for mutual interests
|wto officials said that the united states, which previously had blocked iran’s long-held desire to join the wto, raised no objections.
the wto takes such decisions by consensus.
wto membership is one of the rewards european union negotiations have been offering iran if it agrees to curb its nuclear program to ensure that it produces only electricity and not weapons.
the united states said in march it would drop its veto on a start to iran’s accession negotiations.
u.s. officials in geneva declined to comment on the decision made by the wto’s governing general council.
the council immediately created a working group for iran’s accession.