World Trade Organization Tutorial

Author: Zou Dongtao, edited by Yue Fubin
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book consists of 3 parts and 13 chapters. Part 1 begins with the new changes in international trade relations after World War II and introduces the establishment, development, and evolution of the World Trade Organization (including its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). It provides an overview of the organization's structure, functions, principles, and operational mechanisms. Part 2 primarily explains the rules and agreements of the World Trade Organization, elaborating on the relevant rules of the four major categories: goods trade, services trade, intellectual property, and pluriateral and regional trade. Part 3 focuses on China and the World Trade Organization, not only exploring the origins of China's relationship with the WTO but also introducing the brief process of China's journey from "accession to the GATT" to "joining the WTO." It also emphasizes and analyzes the opportunities and challenges that "joining the WTO" has brought to China, as well as how China should seize these opportunities and meet these challenges.