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The total value of China's imports and exports reached 2.97 trillion U.S. dollars in 2010, 144 times as much as in 1978 when the country initiated its reform and opening up policy, averaging an annual growth of 16.8 percent, according to the white paper., it has proven it can be effective in a place like Afghanistan, far from NATO's home base.
A senior official traveling with the secretary told reporters on his aircraft the issue of NATO force levels in Afghanistan will likely come up during the meetings,
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By Al Pessin
Brussels
13 June 2007
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pessin reports from Brussels, where Secretary Gates arrived late Wednesday for a meeting of NATO defense ministers.
The official also said Secretary Gates may raise questions about the new NATO Response Force,
and his failing health."The past decade has witnessed the proportion of China's trade volume in the world's total rise from 4.3 percent to 10.4 percent," said Chong Quan, deputy representative for China's international trade talks and former assistant to the minister of commerce, at a press conference on Wednesday.
The total value of China's imports and exports reached 2.97 trillion U.S. dollars in 2010, 144 times as much as in 1978 when the country initiated its reform and opening up policy, averaging an annual growth of 16.8 percent, according to the white paper., a rotating force of 25,
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Secretary Gates says NATO forces in Afghanistan conducted an offensive of their own in recent months, preventing the expected spring offensive by Taleban forces. In comments during a stop in Germany on his way to the NATO meeting,
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Gates said he expects some discussion of how to better coordinate aid efforts during the NATO defense ministers' meeting Thursday and Friday.