GENEVA, Nov 13 (AFP): China was criticised at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday for its restrictions on foreign news agencies who are unable to sell their information to local media, trade sources said.
Canada, the United States, Japan and the European Union all requested more information from China over the measures it introduced last year, during a meeting on financial services at WTO headquarters here, the sources said.
In September 2006, China renewed the monopoly held by the state news agency Xinhua, which precludes foreign providers of news financial information services from dealing directly with Chinese clients, but instead have to go through a Xinhua affiliate.
China under fire at WTO for restrictions on foreign media
FE Team | Published: November 14, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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