China and the Long March to Global Trade: The Accession of China to the World Trade Organization

by Alexandroff; Alan S.

• ISBN13: 9780415315173
• ISBN10: 0415315174
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-11-26
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

On December 11th 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). This work examines the prolonged negotiations leading up to this historic event and supplies a necessary and important analysis of key areas: * The emergence of China as a market economy and its integration into global trading system. * The emergence of the WTO as a successor to the GATT * Legal reform in China to facilitate WTO implementation. This edited collection assumes little prior knowledge of the Chinese accession process yet provides an in-depth examination of related issues. It is therefore suitable for both those who require an introduction to the field and those with an existing interest in China and the World Trade Organization.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii
About the editors	viii
List of contributors	x
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
1 General introduction	1	(6)
ALAN S. ALEXANDROFF AND RAFAEL GOMEZ
PART I Background to China and the World Trade Organization	7	(38)
2 The WTO: post Seattle and Chinese accession	9	(13)
SYLVIA OSTRY
3 Negotiating China's Protocol of Accession	22	(8)
JEFFREY L. GERTLER
4 Avoiding deadlock	30	(17)
CLAUDE BARFIELD AND MARK GROOMBRIDGE
PART II China's global economic integration: economic reform	45	(76)
5 A litmus test for China's accession to the WTO: reform of its state-owned enterprises	47	(19)
HARRY G. BROADMAN
6 China's great leap of faith: telecommunications and financial services commitments	66	(33)
RICHARD JANDA AND MEN JING
7 Pressures on China from the Asian financial crisis	99	(24)
JOHN D. LANGLOIS JR.
PART III Transparency and the rule of law: legal reform in China	121	(88)
8 Article X and the concept of transparency in the GATT/WTO	123	(13)
SYLVIA OSTRY
9 The evolution of law in contemporary China: challenges for WTO implementation	136	(18)
PITMAN B. POTTER
10 China's accession to the WTO: legal system transparency and administrative reform	154	(38)
SARAH BIDDULPH
11 Administrative process and the rule of law	192	(17)
HUDSON N. JANISCH
PART IV Provisional membership and transition mechanisms	209	(26)
12 A transitional review mechanism: has an effective multilateral mechanism been created?	211	(20)
ALAN S. ALEXANDROFF
13 Conclusion: where do we go from here?	231	(4)
ALAN S. ALEXANDROFF AND RAFAEL GOMEZ
Index	235