China's trade policy: dominance without the will to lead

Abstract: "In less than thirty years China has gone from being a marginal player in world trade to become the largest trading nation of all. But despite its growing dominance China still lacks the will and ability to lead, and has yet to find its role in international trade politics. On the one hand, it sometimes breaks the rules, for example concerning its WTO accession obligations. On the other, it operates like an established actor, adhering to the status quo and placing greater importance on its own interests than on the survival and stability of the system as a whole. China remains reserved and passive in the multilateral Doha process, but pursues a vigorous bilateral trade policy. A survey of the actors, institutions, interests and debates reveals that the simplistic idea of a monolithic Chinese trade policy cannot be upheld. Any sweeping characterisation of China's trade politics as liberal or mercantilist, as compatible or incompatible with WTO rules, can easily be contradicted in th

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 32 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Research Paper ; Bd. 1/2014

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2014
• Creator: Hilpert, Hanns Günther
• Contributor: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-385602
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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