Obama: Russia Belongs in the WTO

Obama has announced that the U.S. will support Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization:

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Thursday said Russia should be part of the World Trade Organization.

He was speaking at a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the White House.

Mr. Obama said Russia's addition to the WTO would be good for the U.S., good for Russia and good for the world economy.

Mr. Medvedev came to the U.S. earlier in the week and spent the beginning of his trip in Silicon Valley where he visited technology companies such as networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. and microblogging operator Twitter Inc.

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