LEADER 04777nam 2200829za 450 001 9910554485603321 005 20230718163832.0 010 $a0-691-20659-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780691206608 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6386102 035 $a(DE-B1597)567574 035 $a(OCoLC)1206396471 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780691206608 035 $a(CKB)5590000000006174 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000006174 100 $a20210325d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChina and the WTO $ewhy multilateralism still matters /$fPetros C. Mavroidis and Andre? Sapir 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aOxford $cPrinceton Univ. P.$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 244 p.) $cill 311 $a0-691-27113-5 311 $a0-691-20660-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographic references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. The Rise and Rise of China: (And What Should Be Done About It) -- 2. Complaints against China: (Euphoria Exits and Dysphoria Enters) -- 3 Dealing with Heterogeneity in the GATT/WTO: Lessons from the Past for China -- 4 Unilateral Responses Do Not Work -- 5 Staying Idle Is No Solution -- 6 The Way Forward -- 7 The Time Is Now -- Concluding Remarks: This Time It Is Different Indeed -- References -- Index. 330 $aAn examination of China's participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them. 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. The WTO and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, are predicated on liberal domestic policies. They managed the previous accessions of socialist countries and big trading nations, but none were as large or powerful as China. Mavroidis and Sapir contend that for the WTO to function smoothly and accommodate China's unique geopolitical position, it needs to translate some of its implicit principles into explicit treaty language. To make their point, they focus on two core complaints - that Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) benefit from unfair trade advantages, and that domestic companies, private as well as SOEs, impose forced technology transfer on foreign companies as a condition for accessing the Chinese market - and they lay out specific proposals for WTO reforms. In an age of global trade disputes, China and the WTO offers a timely exploration of unprecedented challenges to the current multilateral system and fresh ideas for lasting solutions. 606 $aWorld politics 607 $aChina$xCommerce 607 $aChina$xForeign economic relations 610 $aClashing Over Commerce. 610 $aDani Rodrik. 610 $aDouglas Irwin. 610 $aGATT. 610 $aGATT/WTO principles. 610 $aJapan. 610 $aNicholas Lardy. 610 $aPaul Blustein. 610 $aPresident Xi. 610 $aRichard McGregor. 610 $aSchism: China, America. 610 $aState-owned enterprises. 610 $aThe Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers. 610 $aThe State Strikes Back. 610 $aTrump administration. 610 $aWTO. 610 $aXi Jinping. 610 $aand the Fracturing of the Global Trading System. 610 $ahistory of GATT accessions. 610 $ahistory of WTO accessions. 610 $ainternational trade. 610 $amarket-oriented reforms. 610 $amultilateralism. 610 $atariff increases. 610 $atariffs. 610 $atechnology transfer. 610 $atrade policy. 610 $aunilateral measures. 610 $aworld trading system. 615 0$aWorld politics. 676 $a380.10951 686 $aQG 860$2rvk 700 $aMavroidis$b Petros C$0257272 701 $aSapir$b Andre?$0375105 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554485603321 996 $aChina and the WTO$92872575 997 $aUNINA