Between Market Economy and State Capitalism: China's State-Owned Enterprises and the World Trading System (Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law)

Gao, Henry

ISBN 10: 1108828493 / ISBN 13: 9781108828499

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Market Economy and State Capitalism: China's State-Owned Enterprises and the World Trading System (Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108828493
• ISBN 13: 9781108828499
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

One major issue facing the world trading system today is how to deal with the challenge of China's state capitalism. Many commentators believe that the existing WTO rules are insufficient and, thus new rules are needed. This book challenges this conventional wisdom. Through meticulous studies and fresh analysis of the commitments in China's WTO accession package, existing rules on state capitalism in WTO agreements and recent attempts to make new rules on these issues at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, this book argues that existing WTO rules, especially those on subsidies, coupled with China-specific rules in its accession protocol, do provide feasible tools to counter China's state capitalism. This book also discusses the reasons for the lack of usage of these rules and provides concrete policy suggestions on how the rules may be better utilized, as well as how to conduct constructive negotiations on new rules in the WTO and beyond.

About the Authors

Henry Gao is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and Professor of Law at Singapore Management University. He sits on the Advisory Board of the WTO Chairs Program and the editorial boards of the Journal of International Economic Law and Journal of Financial Regulation.

Weihuan Zhou is Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney and the Faculty's HSF CIBEL Centre. He is the author of China's Implementation of the Rulings of the World Trade Organization (2019), co-Secretary of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) and editorial board member of the Journal of International Trade Law and Policy.