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 …

On 10 April last year, the United States filed a complaint against China in the Dispute Settlement Body of the World … requested ‘consultations' with China on four separate matters: the threshold requirements for criminal procedures and penalties … distribution within China; and the unavailability of criminal procedures and penalties for persons engaged in unauthorised …