Abstract
This thesis examines the impact of the GATT/WTO system on China’s foreign trade legal reform and further explains the beneficial effects of China’s membership for themselves, the WTO, and other participating nations. The thesis elaborates briefly on the history of China’s effort to become a member of the WTO. It further examines major obstacles to China’s admission to WTO in terms of compatibility between the pre-form Chinese foreign trade regime and the WTO framework. The thesis then describes China’s reform efforts in its foreign trade legal regime since its application to the GATT in 1986 and assess the influence of the GATT/WTO principles and practices on the new Chinese foreign trade legal framework and finishes by exploring the impact of the U.S.-China bilateral agreement as well as challenges and countermeasures after China’s accession to WTO.
Repository Citation
Zeng, Yun, "China and WTO: The Impact of International Norms on China’s Foreign Trade Legal Reform" (2001). LLM Theses and Essays. 333.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/stu_llm/333