This article briefly notes that President Obama announced on September 11, 2009 that the United States would impose extra taxes on certain rubber tires imported from the People's Republic of China because the high volume of imports would adversely affect domestic production. The President had...

This article examines legal and institutional aspects of the evolution of China’s approach to the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It begins by analyzing the impact of China’s changing attitude toward international law on the escalation of international...

In China – Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, the Panel addressed three main issues: 1. The relationship between China’s censorship laws and its obligations to protect copyright under the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property...

This working paper examines China's multilateral commitments on trade in services and the extent to which China has implemented those commitments in the banking sector. While some of China's banking regulations undoubtedly create barriers to market entry and operation, I argue that the text of...