Yemen and U.S. to sign deal as talks on accession into WTO continue this month

SANA'A, July 06 (Saba) - Yemen and the United States are expected
to finalize a bilateral deal
for Yemen's accession into the World Trade Organization this month, the
September 26 website has reported.
The deal would be signed when Yemen continues bilateral talks with some
countries including Japan, South Korea, Ukraine and Honduras over the
accession later in the month,
the website said.
Officials at the Communication and Coordination Office with the WTO
were quoted as saying that the negotiation team will head to Geneva for
the eighth round of talks on
the accession led by Minister of Trade and Industry Yahya al Mutawakil.
Yemen applied for WTO membership in July 2002. Giant strides have been
made on the issue and the accession is expected by this year, according
to officials.
FR