Ethiopia expected to join WTO in 2015: ministry

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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia expects to join the World Trade Organization in 2015 without heeding to demands that it liberalizes its state-run banking and telecoms sectors, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The Horn of Africa nation applied to join the body in 2003, but its hopes for membership had hinged on Addis Ababa opening those areas to international competition. U.S. officials have publicly asked the country to liberalize both sectors, but Ethiopia says they are "sensitive areas" whose liberalization may harm national interests. ...

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