When we think of China we always tend to think of economic issues. Nevertheless there were -and there are- many legal … issues involved in the difficult and lengthy process of accession of China to WTO. This article analyzes in depth legal … duties embodied in the Act of Accession of China to WTO and their current level of accomplishment and, also, controversies …

China's increasing integration with the global economy has contributed to sustained growth in international trade. Its … China's imports from all regions--especially Asia, where China plays an increasingly central role in regional specialization …. Tariff reforms have been implemented in China since the 1980s; and, with its recent WTO accession, China has committed itself …

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 …

China''s increasing integration with the global economy has contributed to sustained growth in international trade. Its … China''s imports from all regions-especially Asia, where China plays an increasingly central role in regional specialization …. Tariff reforms have been implemented in China since the 1980s; and, with its recent WTO accession, China has committed itself …

's responses has been to contemplate expanding ASEAN's membership to incorporate other countries in Southeast Asia, especially … Vietnam. Recent improvements in Vietnam-ASEAN relations give cause to believe that Vietnam will soon become a member of the … Association. Starting from the premise of Vietnam as a member of ASEAN, this article seeks to explore the economic, political, and …

I examine the hypothesis that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor the General …/WTO membership on the coefficient of variation in trade computed over 25-year samples, controlling for a number of factors. I also … use a comparable multilateral data set. There is little evidence that membership in the GATT/WTO has a significant …