China''s increasing integration with the global economy has contributed to sustained growth in international trade. Its … China''s imports from all regions-especially Asia, where China plays an increasingly central role in regional specialization …. Tariff reforms have been implemented in China since the 1980s; and, with its recent WTO accession, China has committed itself …

The recent wave of foreign investment in China''s banks and the prospects of further opening of the banking sector … under the WTO agreement suggest that foreign banks are likely to play an increasingly important role in China. This paper … investments in China''s banks have been minority shareholdings with very limited management involvement. The paper concludes that …

China and Australia have increasingly strong links, especially through trade. These are driven by demand from China for … Australian commodities (coal and iron ore) and services (tourism and education). These links are influenced by China's transition …, three risks (both upside and downside) to China during this transition process are considered, focusing on their spillovers …

The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has … started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase … on the SSA's GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China's growth; (iii) compared to …

Asia and China made disproportionate contributions to the slowdown of global trade growth in 2015. China's import … point to weak investment and rebalancing as the main causes of the import slowdown. Spillover effects from China …

Mainland China have started to weigh on Hong Kong''s growth prospects. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to quantify the … trade and financial spillovers on Hong Kong SAR''s economy from a downturn in the euro area and Mainland China. Based on … event of a hard landing in China, the model simulations suggest that Hong Kong SAR would be on a sustained downturn with …

What role does China play in Africa''s development? What drives China''s increasing economic involvement in the … continent? This paper attempts to provide a quantified assessment of China''s multifaceted influence as market, donor, financer … government policies, markets for each other''s exports, Africa''s demand for infrastructure, and differences in China''s approach …

Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did … (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly concerned that China’s competition in the world goods and capital … markets may adversely affect their own growth prospects. This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for …