问答题
Section C
Russia is the largest economic power that is not a member of
the World Trade Organization. But that may change. Last Friday, the European
Union said it would support Russia’s (36) to become a WTO
member.
Representatives of the European Union met with Russian
(37) in Moscow. They signed a trade agreement that took six
years to (38)
Russia called the trade
agreement (39) . It agreed to slowly increase fuel prices
within the country. It also agreed to permit (40) in its
communications industry and to remove some barriers to trade.
In
(41) for European support to join the WTO, Russian President
Putin said that Russia would speed up the (42) to approve
the Kyoto Protocol, an international (43) agreement to
reduce the production of harmful industrial gases. (44)
.
Russia had signed the Kyoto Protocol, but has not
yet approved it. The agreement takes effect when it has been approved by nations
that produce at least 55 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases.
(45) . The United States, the world’s biggest
producer, withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol after President Bush took office in
2001. So, Russia’s approval is required to put the Kyoto Protocol into
effect.
(46) . Russia must still reach
agreements with China, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
