China and the WTO

Introduction: China's 20-Year Engagement with the WTO: Opportunities, Challenges, and Responses Henry Gao, Damian Raess and Ka Zeng; Part I. Setting the Stage: Chinese Perspectives on China's Accession to the WTO: 1. 20 Years On: China's Role in the Multilateral Trading System Siqi Li and Xiaozhun Yi; 2. China's Changing Perspective on the WTO: From Aspiration, Assimilation to Alienation Henry Gao; Part II. Political and Economic Implications of China's WTO Membership: 3. Assessing the Impact of WTO Accession on China's Economic Growth: A Synthetic Control Approach Jing Li Ye Liu and Yinggang Zhou; 4. Two Decades of TRIPS in China Peter K. Yu; 5. The WTO and the Rule of Law in China Grant Aldonas; 6. China's Accession to the WTO and its Impact on Global Agricultural Trade Joseph Glauber; 7. China's Use of Export Restrictions and WTO Law: Heading Towards 'Weaponization' of Exports? Iryna Bogdanova and Anqi Wang; Part III. China and Global Trade Governance: 8. Tumult in the Trading System: The China Paradox, Declining US Institutional Power, and the Crisis at the WTO Kristen Hopewell; 9. China's Relations with the Global South in the World Trade Organization Clara Weinhardt; 10. China and the BRICS in WTO E-Commerce and Fisheries Negotiations: Competition and Convergence Wei Liang and Ka Zeng; 11. The Impact of the WTO Dispute Settlement System on China: Effectiveness, Challenges and Broader Issues Weihuan Zhou; 12. China and WTO Reform Bernard Hoekman, Xinquan Tu and Robert Wolfe; Part IV. Responses of China's Trading Partners: 13. The Politics of Preferential Trade Liberalization with China Damian Raess; 14. Trade as a Foreign Policy Issue: A Bilateral Micro Perspective Tanja Schweinberger and Thomas Sattler; 15. The Post-Accession Treatment of Chinese Goods Exports by WTO Members Simon J. Evenett; 16. Small Steps Towards the Next Phase of US-China Trade Relations Simon Lester and Huan Zhu; 17. China's Entry into the WTO - A Mistake by the United States? Jennifer Hillman; Part V. China and Investment Governance: 18. A Comparison of Inbound and Outbound Investment Regulatory Regimes in China: Focus on Environmental Protection Matthew S. Erie and Jingjing Zhang; 19. China's International Investment Agreement Policy: From Rule-taker to Rule-maker? Axel Berger; 20. China and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Experiences and Prospects Manjiao Chi; 21. Chinese Firms in the US-China Trade War Soo Yeon Kim; 22. Technology Diffusion in the Triangle of China, the West and Developing Countries: The Contribution of Common Concern of Mankind Thomas Cottier.