Developmental States and Business Activism

As firms from East Asia gain global market share they are stirring trade disputes with import-competing firms in the West. Jessica Liao analyzes the role played by government-business collaboration in determining how effective East Asian governments are in helping their exporters gain an edge over western competitors through WTO litigation.

Auteur
Jessica Liao is a Residential Fellow at Monash University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She received her PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Southern California, USA. Her research focuses on East Asian political economy, regionalism and globalization.

Contenu

1. Introduction 2. Developmental States Contesting Export Barriers in the WTO, An Analytical Framework 3. The Developmental State Goes Litigious, Korea's Pursuit of WTO Litigation 4. Taiwan, The Developmental State Trying to Be Litigious 5. The Legacy of a Developmental State, China's Reservation in Using the WTO Dispute Settlement System 6. Conclusion