China’s Changing Perspective on the WTO

doi:10.1017/9781009291804.005

2 - China’s Changing Perspective on the WTO

From Aspiration, Assimilation to Alienation

from Part I - Setting the Stage: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Accession to the WTO

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 September 2023

Henry Gao

Edited by

Henry Gao ,

Damian Raess and

Ka Zeng

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Henry Gao: Affiliation:
Singapore Management University
Damian Raess: Affiliation:
University of Bern
Ka Zeng: Affiliation:
University of Arkansas

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Summary

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 chapter addresses 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 and Road Initiative

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Type: Chapter
Information: China and the WTO
A Twenty-Year Assessment
, pp. 45 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009291804.005 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023
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