INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China has decided to grant zero-tariff treatment to 98 percent of taxable products from Afghanistan, its ambassador announced on
Wednesday.The decision will come into force on December 1, Wang Yu, China&s ambassador in Kabul, said on Twitter.This decision is conducive
to implementing China&s mutually beneficial and win-win strategy and assisting Afg to accelerate development,& Wang said.Afghanistan is
among 10 least-developed countries that will be granted zero-tariff treatment as part of the recent decision of China.Other countries
include Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, China&s official Xinhua
news agency reported citing the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council.The step is conducive to opening up with win-win outcomes,
building an open global economy, and helping least-developed countries to accelerate their development, the commission said.This policy
measure will gradually expand to all the least-developed countries that have established diplomatic ties with China, it added. The post
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