China and the WTO - Why Multilateralism Still Matters

China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 was rightly hailed as a huge step forward in international cooperation. However, China's participation in the WTO has been anything but smooth, with China alienating some of its trading partners, particularly the United States. The mismatch between the WTO framework and China's economic model has undermined the WTO's ability to mitigate tensions arising from China's size and rapid growth. What has to change? China and the WTO demonstrates that unilateral pressure, by the United States and others, is not the answer. Instead, Petros Mavroidis and André Sapir show that if the WTO enacts judicious reforms, it could induce China's cooperation, leading to a renewed confidence in the WTO system.

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Petros C. Mavroidis and André Sapir

Summary

An examination of China's participation in the World Trade Organisation, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them

Product details

• Authors: Petros Mavroidis, Petros C. Mavroidis, Petros C. Sapir Mavroidis, Mavroidis Petros C., Andre Sapir, Professor Andre Sapir
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780691206592
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20659-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 250 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; China, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International Relations, International Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, Public international law, economic and trade: tariffs