Long Yongtu

economy - "Mandelson betrayed us" - Long Yongtu

Former WTO-negotiator Long Yongtu has hit hard to EU commissonar Mandelson over the so-called 'bra war' between China and the EU earlier this year.
Long Yongtu has been leading more than a decade the Chinese in getting their WTO deal and he is very unsatisfied about how Mandelson has dealt with his side of the agreements.

"Entering the WTO was a very important moment for China. We spent a long time selling the idea to the Chinese people, and persuading them of the benefits of free trade to our own economy. Then when we had free trade, the EU introduced tariffs against free trade.

More here at the Scotsman, who also points at new rows that emerged last week on agriculture.