China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was a watershed event for both China and the WTO. After 30 … years of effective isolation from the world economy, and close to a quarter century of autonomous reforms, China joined the … legal framework of the world trading system. In doing so China made an extraordinarily wide-ranging set of commitments to …

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 …

evaluate how the increased openness caused by China's accession to the WTO effects the importing and exporting sectors. We find …

-sector gravity model with inter-sectoral linkages. We calibrate the model and perform a counterfactual analysis of China's WTO …-12% of the decrease in the world DVA ratio as observed between 2000-2007. For China, the counterfactual experiment robustly … replicates the increase in the DVA ratio, driven by the export-processing zones. Furthermore, our results imply that China's WTO …

We investigate the impacts of trade liberalization on household behaviors and outcomes in urban China, exploiting …

The past eight years witnessed China's phenomenal growth and integration into the world economy, expedited by its … accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. The accession greatly accelerated China's domestic reforms. By the end … of 2007, China was ranked the second largest exporter and third largest trader in the world after its exports grew at …