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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811858403321

Titolo

China and the long march to global trade : the accession of China to the World Trade Organization / / edited by Sylvia Ostry, Alan S. Alexandroff, and Rafael Gomez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

ISBN

0-429-23430-9

1-134-56913-0

1-134-56914-9

1-280-20226-2

0-203-56327-1

0-415-23361-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia

Altri autori (Persone)

OstrySylvia

AlexandroffAlan S

GomezRafael <1972->

Disciplina

382/.92/0951

Soggetti

International economic relations

China Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; About the editors; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; General introduction; Background to China and the World Trade Organization; The WTO: post Seattle and Chinese accession; Negotiating China's Protocol of Accession; Avoiding deadlock; China's global economic integration: economic reform; A litmus test for China's accession to the WTO: reform of its state-owned enterprises; China's great leap of faith: telecommunications and financial services commitments; Pressures on China from the Asian financial crisis

Transparency and the rule of law: legal reform in ChinaArticle X and the concept of transparency in the GATT/WTO; The evolution of law in contemporary China: challenges for WTO implementation; China's accession to the WTO: legal system transparency and administrative reform; Administrative process and the rule of law; Provisional



membership and transition mechanisms; A transitional review mechanism: has an effective multilateral mechani

Sommario/riassunto

On December 11th 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). This book examines the Prolonged negotiations leading up to this historic event.