WTO架构下的贸易谈判(英文版)

I. Introduction II. US-China Trade Contacts and Exchange III. Bilateral Trade Disputes and Frictions IV. Analysis on US-China Trade Bargaining
under the WTO Regime V. Conclusion
*Reducing Chinese trade barriers in goods, services and agricultural products.
*Reducing China’s restrictions on imports and distribution.
*To decrease their trade deficit with China.
Question 3: Can the mechanism of the WTO facilitate effectively USChina trade bargaining hence resolves their disputes and promotes their relations?
Question 4: How did the WTO change and affect China’s trade behavior and China’s relations with its trading partners?
*To ensure the transparency of China’s trade policy and establish a fair and stable trading environment.
* To oblige China to behave according to the western-style rules of law and to expand its Open Door policy.
Figure 1 Annual Growth Rate of US-China Bilateral Trade 1998-2008
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Source: “US-China Trade Statistics and China’s World Trade Statistics” US-China Business Council, /statistics/tradetable.html, “consulted in March 2009”.
Annual Growth Rate(% ) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
II. US-China Trade Contacts and Exchange
*According to the US-China Business Council, the bilateral trade increased from $85.5 billion in 1998 to $386.7 billion in 2007; it grew 4.5 tirld’s third-largest economy after the United States and Japan. *China is also now world’s third-largest trading nation, following the USA and Germany.
Question 1: Did the WTO promote US-China trade bargaining since China’s entry in 2001?
Question 2: Have their trade frictions been resolved under the WTO regime?
Unit 6
Trade Bargaining under the WTO: An Example of US-China Trade (WTO架構下之貿易談判)
Dr. Pei-Shan Kao, Assistant Professor National Chiao Tung University Centre for General Education
∴The U.S.A welcomed China’s entry into the WTO
Americans’ and Western Countries’ Expectations of China’s accession to the WTO
*Opening the Chinese market to bring huge commercial benefits to them.
↗Source: http://english.pravda.ru/img/2005/10/wto2.jpg, “consulted in March 2009”.
US-China Trade Relations:
Since they established formal diplomatic relations in 1979, they signed a trade agreement granting each other the most-favoured-nation (MFN) status. ↓ The two-way trade developed and grew rapidly. ↓ Many trade disputes and frictions occurred. ↓ Americans were unsatisfied with many problems:
e.g. China’s arbitrary administrative interference and discriminatory regulatory processes, trade barriers, and unfair and non-transparent
trade practices were prevalent. ↓