China in the WTO

By joining the World Trade Organization China legitimizes its own brand of 'catch-up' industrialization. What has been learnt from the respective negotiations? What does China's entry mean for emerging Asia and the developing world at large? What implications will it have on the multilateral trading system? What is China's strategy in the fields of the environment and intellectual property rights? This book provides an authoritative assessment of these issues, with particular focus on the impact on the emerging Asian-Pacific countries.

Autorentext

MANUEL ALBALADEJO Researcher, Centre for International Development, University of Oxford, UK WOOK CHAE Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Republic of Korea HONGYUL HAN Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea SANJAYA LALL Professor, University of Oxford, UK RALPH A. LUKEN Senior Industrial Development Officer, UNIDO JULIO J. NOGUÉS Consultant, UNIDO SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI Director-General Designate of the WTO CASPER VAN DER TAK Consultant, UNIDO

Zusammenfassung
By joining the WTO China hopes to legitimize its own brand of 'catch-up' industrialization with a view to recovering its lost status as a leading world economic power. For developing countries, China's WTO membership means the addition of a powerful voice that may help to level the playing field in their favour. However, many also harbour apprehensions as, in spite of its notable strides in high technology, China still relies heavily on labour intensive commodities. China in the WTO poses several important questions: What lessons can be learned from the negotiations leading to China's WTO entry? What will China's membership mean for the exports of emerging Asian economies? What implications will this have for the multilateral trading system? What is China's strategy in the fields of the environment and intellectual property rights? Including contributions from key players in the process, this book provides an authoritative assessment of these issues and the likely impact on the emerging Asian-Pacific economies.

Inhalt

List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Foreword; C.A.Magarinos China's Accession to the World Trade Organization: An Overview of Domestic and External Implications; C.A.Magarinos & F.C.Sercovich Negotiating Entry: Key Lessons Learned; L.Yongtu Implications of China's Accession for Asia-Pacific Countries; C.Wook & H.Hongyul The Competitive Impact of China on Manufactured Exports by Emerging Economies in Asia; S.Lall & M.Albaladejo Industrial Environmental Management and the WTO Rules: The Case of China; R.A.Luken & C.van der Tak China's Entry into the WTO: A Developing Country Perspective; J.J.Nogués Implications of China's Entry into the WTO in the Field of Intellectual Property Rights; L.Yongtu WTO, Globalization and New Technology: Changing Patterns of Competition and New Challenges for Sustainable Industrial Development; S.Panitchpakdi Concluding Remarks on the Implications of China's Accession to the WTO for the Multilateral Trading System and Developing Countries; L.Yongtu & C.A.Magarinos Name Index Subject Index