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      "id": 100017,
      "date": "2000-07-07",
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      "title": "China's Automobile Industry and WTO Accession",
      "summary": "Within the next ten years, China (PRC) is expected to have a significant market for passenger\ncars. \nChina's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and permanent normal trade relations\n(PNTR) status would promise to open this market to foreign trade and investment. However,\nAmerican automobile and parts manufacturers face several obstacles in their efforts to gain market\nshare in China. First, American companies in China, such as General Motors and DaimlerChrysler,\nface stiff competition from German, Japanese, and Korean producers. Second, although the PRC\npledges to reduce or eliminate tariffs, quotas, and local content requirements and grant foreign car\ncompanies greater distribution and financing rights, Chinese central and local governments may still\nfind ways to protect domestic companies and facilitate Chinese production of cars. This report may\nbe updated as warranted.",
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