China's rise in the international trade and investment system is one of the most important events of the 21st century. Many non-Chinese observers regard China's rapid ascent with surprise or even suspicion, but most Chinese believe that China was simply restoring its rightful place in the world,...

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. It starts with the negotiating history, then discusses the major substantive obligations, and concludes with some thoughts on its economic impacts and future prospects

On November 11, 2001, China finally acceded to the WTO in Doha, Qatar, at the 4th Ministerial Conference, which also launched the first negotiating Round of the new trade body since its establishment. As China is the largest country that has ever acceded to the WTO, many commentators predicted...

For more than seven decades, the multilateral trading system has played an essential role in promoting international cooperation on trade policymaking and dispute resolution. As the WTO is being pushed toward the verge of irrelevance, it falls upon us, who believe in the utility of the WTO and...

This article explores China's commitments to liberalising legal services under the recently concluded China – Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). While China's ChAFTA commitments extend beyond its commitments on legal services under the World Trade Organisation and under most of China's...