China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 was a massive boostfor the multilateral trading system …. We present descriptive evidence on the trade effects of China's WTO accession. Moreover, we combine the most recent … approaches from the gravity literature of international trade to provide a causal analysis of the effects of China's WTO …

This paper assesses the impact of China's accession to the World Trade Organization on its foreign trade and investment … regulatory, institutional and normative changes that have transformed the landscape of trade and investment in China. The … profound impact of the WTO stems directly from the extensive commercial and rule commitments China undertook in its accession …