China in the WTO: The Debate (Analyse USIS)

Foreign Policy in Focus, December 1999

http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n38china.html

AWTO membership for China is the most significant advance in relations with the U.S. since diplomatic ties were established two decades ago. Creating winners and losers on both sides, the November 15th agreement will benefit both economies, but China has conceded much more than has the United States. WTO membership would likely incline China more toward peace and the rule of law, though progress will take time. A

Permanent MFN for China: Will 2000 Be the Year?

http://policy.com/news/dbrief/dbriefarc485.asp

Backgrounder: AChina may have been granted accession to the World Trade Organization, but the debate over its "most-favored-nation" status lives on. This year, Congress will almost certainly vote on legislation that would permanently extend normal trade relations with China

  China and the World Trade Organization: An Economic Balance SheetRosen, Daniel H. (Institute for International Economics.)IIE Policy Brief No. 99-6, June 1999, 13p

The purpose of this balance sheet is to provide answers to six economic questions at the heart of the WTO accession debate in the United States: (1) What would be the impact of China's WTO accession on U.S. exports? (2) What would be the impact of China's WTO accession on U.S. imports? (3) Are China's proposed terms of accession a good deal for the United States? (4) Will the United States see its leverage to compel Chinese reforms diminish once WTO membership is granted? (5) Will China abide by its WTO commitments and obligations? (6) If the deal is so good for the United States, why is China willing to accept it?"

Beginning the Journey: China, the United States, and the WTO

Independent Task Force, Council of Foreign Relations, report, October 2001, 43p http://www.cfr.org/Public/pdf/ChinaTF.pdf

The report outlines in some detail the social, economic, and political challenges that Chinese authorities will face in implementing their part of the WTO commitments. The Task Force also underscores the high - perhaps unrealistically so - expectations of many Americans concerning the benefits that will accrue to the US economy in the immediate aftermath of China’s entry into the WTO.

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