Between Market Economy and State Capitalism - China''s State-Owned Enterprises and the World Trading System

This book is a valuable source for research and teaching on the nexus between international trade law and China's state capitalism. It provides fresh insights and practical solutions for policymakers and practitioners on key issues concerning state-owned enterprises, subsidies and beyond.

List of contents

1. China, state capitalism and the World Trading System; 2. The evolution of China's reforms of State-Owned Enterprises (1978-2020); 3. State capitalism in China's accession to the WTO: concerns and solutions; 4. The limits of general WTO rules; 5. The potential of WTO rules on industrial subsidies and China-specific obligations; 6. Emerging approaches to regulating State-Owned Enterprises: the comprehensive and progressive agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and Post-CPTPP free trade agreements; 7. Tackling China's state capitalism: WTO litigation and trade negotiation; 8. Conclusion: the potential of multilateralism.

About the author

Henry Gao is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and Professor of Law at Singapore Management University. He sits on the Advisory Board of the WTO Chairs Program and the editorial boards of the Journal of International Economic Law and Journal of Financial Regulation.Weihuan Zhou is Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney and the Faculty's HSF CIBEL Centre. He is the author of China's Implementation of the Rulings of the World Trade Organization (2019), co-Secretary of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) and editorial board member of the Journal of International Trade Law and Policy.

Summary

This book is a valuable source for research and teaching on the nexus between international trade law and China's state capitalism. It provides fresh insights and practical solutions for policymakers and practitioners on key issues concerning state-owned enterprises, subsidies and beyond.

Foreword

The WTO provides tools to address China's state capitalism and should be the preferred forum for negotiations on SOE's and industrial subsidies.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Gao, Henry (Singapore Management University) Gao, Henry (Singapore Management University) Zhou Gao, Gao Henry, Weihuan Zhou, Weihuan (University of New South Wales Zhou
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108830065
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83006-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International Relations, International Economics, International institutions, International economic & trade law, International Organisations & Institutions, Public international law: economic and trade, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations