Date: 2020
Type: Working Paper
China - tariff rate quotas for certain agricultural products : against the grain : can the WTO open Chinese markets? a contaminated experiment
Working Paper, EUI RSCAS, 2020/91, Global Governance Programme-426, [Global Economics]
GLAUBER, Joseph, LESTER, Simon, China - tariff rate quotas for certain agricultural products : against the grain : can the WTO open Chinese markets? a contaminated experiment, EUI RSCAS, 2020/91, Global Governance Programme-426, [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69200
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The U.S. complaint about Chinese tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on certain grain products helps illustrate several key issues in U.S. - China trade relations and the effectiveness of WTO disputes. First, do international obligations based on transparency and fairness work in relation to an authoritarian country not known for the rule of law domestically? Second, can there be a disconnect between the legal aspects of a dispute and the underlying economic interests, with a DSB ruling sometimes not leading to improved trade flows? And third, given the bilateral trade war and "phase one" trade deal between the United States and China, has the WTO been superseded in this trade relationship? This paper summarizes the facts and law of the China - TRQs dispute, and examines each of these questions in that context.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69200
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSCAS; 2020/91; Global Governance Programme-426; [Global Economics]
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): US-China trade relations Agriculture Transparency obligations WTO dispute settlement Tariff-rate quotas F13 F51 Q17
Other topic(s): Regulation and economic policy Trade Investment International Cooperation