18年談判成正果，俄正式加入世貿

The World Trade Organization has officially accepted Russia as a member, after 18 years of negotiations.

A meeting of ministers from the trade body's existing 153 member countries gave final approval Friday to membership for Russia, which in return has agreed to measures including a cap on tariffs, limits on subsidies and allowing foreign banks to operate more freely in Russia.

The WTO membership will become effective after Russia's parliament ratifies the agreement. That is expected early next year.

Russia is the last of the world's major economies to join the WTO, which establishes and monitors global trade rules. WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has said Russia's membership will bring it more firmly into the global economy and make the country a more attractive place to do business.在進行了18年的談判之後，世界貿易組織正式接納俄羅斯爲其成員國。

星期五，世界貿易組織現行153個成員國的部長們舉行會議，最後批准俄羅斯的成員國地位。作爲迴應，俄羅斯同時同意一些措施，包括限定關稅、限制補貼並擴大外國銀行進入俄羅斯發展業務的自由度等。

世界貿易組織成員國將在俄羅斯議會批准協議後正式生效。預計，生效時期是明年年初。

俄羅斯是世界主要經濟體中最後加入世界貿易組織的國家。世貿組織制定全球貿易規則並監管這個制度的運轉。

世貿組織總幹事拉米說，俄羅斯的成員國地位更加堅定地把俄羅斯納入全球經濟，也將讓俄羅斯成爲更富有吸引力的商業目的地。