文档介绍：Trade Bargaining
under the WTO:
An Example of US-China Trade
(WTO架構下之貿易談判)
Dr. Pei-Shan Kao, Assistant Professor
National Chiao Tung University
Centre for General Education
Unit 6
I. Introduction
 
II. US-China Trade Contacts and Exchange
 
III. Bilateral Trade Disputes and Frictions
 
IV. Analysis on US-China Trade Bargaining
under the WTO Regime
 
V. Conclusion
Question 1:
Did the WTO promote US-China trade bargaining
since China’s entry in 2001?
Question 2:
Have their trade frictions been resolved under the WTO regime?
Question 3:
Can the mechanism of the WTO facilitate effectively US-China trade bargaining hence resolves their disputes and promotes their relations?
Question 4:
How did the WTO change and affect China’s trade behavior and China’s relations with its trading partners?
↗Source: , “consulted in March 2009”.
US-China Trade Relations:
Since they established formal diplomatic relations in 1979, they signed a trade agreement granting each other the most-favoured-nation (MFN) status.
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The two-way trade developed and grew rapidly.
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Many trade disputes and frictions occurred.
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Americans were unsatisfied with many problems:
. China’s arbitrary administrative interference and discriminatory regulatory processes, trade barriers, and unfair and non-transparent trade practices were prevalent.
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∴The ed China’s entry into the WTO
Americans’ and Western Countries’ Expectations of
China’s accession to the WTO
*Opening the Chinese market to bring mercial benefits to them.
*Reducing Chinese trade barriers in goods, services and agricultural products.
*Reducing China’s restrictions on imports and
distribution.
*To decrease their trade deficit with China.
*To ensure the transparency of China’s trade policy and establish a fair and stable trading environment.
* To oblige China to behave according to the western-style rules of law and to expand its Open Door policy.
II. US-China Tra