Chinas historic accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2001 not only represents an important milestone in Chinas integration into the global economy, but is also among the most important events in the history of the WTO and the multilateral trading system. Through a thorough...

This chapter considers whether China has embarked on a path to WTO leadership since its historic accession in 2001. I argue that China is increasingly displaying the will to lead, an essential prerequisite for state leadership. China has become progressively more proactive, making independent...

Scientific and technological innovation ("Innovation") has played an instrumental role in shaping contemporary China-Israel relations since the reform era in China. Our essay studies how, and why, Innovation has shaped the relationship, and in particular, it analyzes the implications of an...

While much of recent trade war scholarship and news commentary has focused on the United States (US)-China trade war, this paper is directed at the less publicized, but longer running US-European Union (EU) trade war. I question whether there is anything actually new in the recent trade war...

This paper explores China's initial participation in the WTO from a development perspective. The analysis starts by examining whether China was recognized as a developing country in its accession through a comparison of its rules commitments with those of other countries acceding during the same...