This paper studies how WTO rules and flexibilities shape its members' trade policy responses to import shocks. Guided by a cost benefit analysis model and using a unique database of tariff bindings for all WTO countries over the 1996-2011 period, we show that WTO commitments affect members'...

With a special focus on China’s passenger car sector, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the complex process of institutional changes in China’s automobile industry in the post-WTO era (2001-2008), and in particular to understand the interactions of international commitment and domestic...