Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
7-2022
Abstract
Since its accession to the WTO twenty years ago, China's image has shifted from a good student aspiring to assimilate itself into the multilateral trading system to one that is increasingly alienated from key WTO principles. How has China's perspective on WTO been evolving? What are the reasons behind China's changing perspective? This paper answers these questions from the Chinese perspective with a comprehensive analysis of the key moments in China's first two decades in the WTO, followed by practical suggestions on how to engage China more constructively in the WTO and beyond.
Keywords
China, WTO, state capitalism, market economy, unilateralism, multilateralism, regionalism, accession, Belt andRoad Initiative
Discipline
Asian Studies | International Trade Law
Research Areas
Public International Law, Regional and Trade Law
Publication
World Trade Review
Volume
21
Issue
3
First Page
342
Last Page
358
ISSN
1474-7456
Identifier
10.1017/S1474745622000088
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation
GAO, Henry S..
China’s changing perspective on the WTO: From aspiration, assimilation to alienation. (2022). World Trade Review. 21, (3), 342-358.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3996
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745622000088