United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-01-25 monographic deposited born digital 101 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-209R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R P0b002ee1803888ce f:d05209r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R GAO-05-209R Foreign governments International agreements International economic relations International organizations International relations International trade International trade regulation China Correspondence A16256 China's 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) raised expectations with Congress and the private sector about the prospects for China to reform its markets and allow greater access to foreign goods and services. As part of our long-term body of work related to China's membership in the WTO, we reported in October 2004 on how the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the Departments of Commerce, State, and Agriculture were positioned to monitor and enforce China's compliance with its WTO commitments in 2003. In that report, we examined the multilateral annual WTO review of China's progress, referred to as the Transitional Review Mechanism (TRM). We found that the TRM has ongoing limitations in its participation and its procedures. We made recommendations to improve related U.S. government activities. In a subsequent request, Congress asked us to provide detailed information about the TRM process in 2003 so that they could better gauge the level of activity and the efficacy of the United States and other WTO members' efforts to utilize it. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R.pdf GAO-05-209R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-209R Correspondence GAO-05-209R; U.S.-China Trade: Summary of 2003 World Trade Organization Transitional Review Mechanism for China; Foreign governments International agreements International economic relations International organizations International relations International trade International trade regulation China Volume 114 Page 900 114 Stat. 900 Public Law 106-286