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