1st Edition
China's Entry into the World Trade Organisation
This volume provides a detailed up-to-date analysis of the strategic issues and policy options of China's accession to the WTO. Quantitative analysis demonstrates how tariff reduction resulting from China's accession to the WTO will benefit the Chinese economy as well as the rest of the world. The book argues that there is no single trade policy initiative likely to result in larger gains in international trade in the foreseeable future than China's accession to the WTO.
Biography
Peter Drysdale is one of Australia's foremost authorities on Australia's international trade and economic diplomacy. He is Executive Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) in the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management and Professor of Economics in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. He is responsible for an Australia-wide research program on economic relations with Japan and the Asia Pacific, involving research cooperation with economists in economies throughout the Asia Pacific region., Ligang Song is a specialist in applied international trade studies, the Chinese economy and the Asia Pacific economy. Dr Song is Director of the China Economy and Business Program and a Fellow at the Australia-Japan Research Centre in Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management and the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.