From the "Roaring Nineties" to the Doha Stalemate: China’s Negotiation Within the WTO Framework
Giuseppe Gabusi, T.wai Head of Research in the Emerging Actors research area, is out with a new chapter on China's foreign trade policy
When Deng started to implement his reforms at the end of the 1970s, the world was undergoing a process of internationalisation of markets and capital that would lead to globalisation. Far from opposing this historical trend, Chinese reformers accepted the logic behind it and tried to make it beneficial for the country’s development.
The leadership in Beijing observed that some developments that were taking place in the international economy could really turn to China’s advantage and could be conforming to China’s interests and to the state of Chinese economy on the eve of reforms. How was this reckoning translated into a full integration within the multilateral trade
system? And how did the Chinese leadership manage to make globalisation and state-strength go hand-in-hand? And, finally, how is China’s emergence as the major exporter in the world changing the dynamics of current WTO negotiations launched in 2001 at Doha?
The chapter reviews China's political dynamics in the '90s which led to WTO accession and analyzes China's behaviour within the WTO system. By reviewing also all bilateral agreements China has recently signed, the chapter shows how China's foreign trade policy can be described both as liberal and mercantilist. Western hopes that China would "lead" the Doha Development Round towards its successful outcome are therefore misplaced.
The chapter may be found in F. Bestagno, L. Rubini (eds.), Challenges of Development: Asian Perspectives, Vita & Pensiero, Milano 2011.
The leadership in Beijing observed that some developments that were taking place in the international economy could really turn to China’s advantage and could be conforming to China’s interests and to the state of Chinese economy on the eve of reforms. How was this reckoning translated into a full integration within the multilateral trade
system? And how did the Chinese leadership manage to make globalisation and state-strength go hand-in-hand? And, finally, how is China’s emergence as the major exporter in the world changing the dynamics of current WTO negotiations launched in 2001 at Doha?
The chapter reviews China's political dynamics in the '90s which led to WTO accession and analyzes China's behaviour within the WTO system. By reviewing also all bilateral agreements China has recently signed, the chapter shows how China's foreign trade policy can be described both as liberal and mercantilist. Western hopes that China would "lead" the Doha Development Round towards its successful outcome are therefore misplaced.
The chapter may be found in F. Bestagno, L. Rubini (eds.), Challenges of Development: Asian Perspectives, Vita & Pensiero, Milano 2011.
