the trade threats exchanged between the United States and China in relation to the inadequate protection and enforcement … of intellectual property rights in the latter. At that time, China has not yet joined the World Trade Organization. In … war, which has thus far involved tariffs on close to $750 billion worth of goods. Although the current U.S.-China trade …

chapter closely examines the bilateral and regional trade agreements established by China -- termed Sinic trade agreements … (STAs) -- and the strategies used to deploy them. This chapter begins by examining China’s growing engagement with the … developing world, the underlying goals of STAs and the negotiation strategies behind those agreements. Using the China …