Part ISetting the Stage: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Accession to the WTO

1. 120 Years On: China’s Role in the Multilateral Trading System

   Siqi Li and Xiaozhun Yi

2. 2China’s Changing Perspective on the WTO: From Aspiration, Assimilation to Alienation

   Henry Gao

Part IIPolitical and Economic Implications of China’s WTO Membership

1. 3Assessing the Impact of WTO Accession on China’s Economic Growth: A Synthetic Control Approach

   Jing Li, Ye Liu, and Yinggang Zhou

2. 4Two Decades of TRIPS in China

   Peter K. Yu

3. 5The WTO and the Rule of Law in China

   Grant Aldonas

4. 6China’s Accession to the WTO and Its Impact on Global Agricultural Trade

   Joseph W. Glauber

5. 7China’s Use of Export Restrictions and WTO Law: Heading toward “Weaponization” of Exports?

   Iryna Bogdanova and Anqi Wang

Part IIIChina and Global Trade Governance

1. 8Tumult in the Trading System: The China Paradox, Declining US Institutional Power, and the Crisis at the WTO

   Kristen Hopewell

2. 9China’s Relations with the Global South in the World Trade Organization

   Clara Weinhardt

3. 10China and the BRICS in WTO E-Commerce and Fisheries Negotiations: Competition and Convergence

   Wei Liang and Ka Zeng

4. 11The Impact of the WTO Dispute Settlement System on China: Effectiveness, Challenges and Broader Issues

   Weihuan Zhou

5. 12China and WTO Reform

   Bernard Hoekman, Xinquan Tu, and Robert Wolfe

Part IVResponses of China’s Trading Partners

1. 13The Politics of Preferential Trade Liberalization with China

   Damian Raess

2. 14Trade as a Foreign Policy Issue: A Bilateral Micro Perspective

   Tanja Schweinberger and Thomas Sattler

3. 15The Post-Accession Treatment of Chinese Goods Exports by WTO Members

   Simon J. Evenett

4. 16Small Steps toward the Next Phase of U.S.-China Trade Relations

   Simon Lester and Huan Zhu

5. 17China’s Entry into the WTO: A Mistake by the United States?

   Jennifer Hillman

Part VChina and Investment Governance

1. 18A Comparison of Inbound and Outbound Investment Regulatory Regimes in China: Focus on Environmental Protection

   Matthew S. Erie and Jingjing Zhang

2. 19China’s International Investment Agreement Policy: From Rule-Taker to Rule-Maker?

   Axel Berger

3. 20China and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Experiences and Prospects

   Manjiao Chi

4. 21Chinese Firms in the US-China Trade War

   Soo Yeon Kim

5. 22Technology Diffusion in the Triangle of China, the West and Developing Countries: The Contribution of Common Concerns of Humankind

   Thomas Cottier