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Reconsidering the Economic Internationalisation of China: Implications of the WTO Membership
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In this article, the authors examine Chinese reform experience and the contestations about China's WTO membership and reveal that the selective internalization so far has been dictated by strategic and instrumental considerations.Abstract:
Internationalization is a contested concept. Economic internationalization of China does not only refer to increased cross-border flows of capital, technology and goods and services, as is conventionally argued. From a critical perspective, internalizing principles, rules and norms embedded in the world economy which define ‘correct’ and ‘acceptable’ economic behavior of the state constitute a more dynamic and revolutionary process of China's economic internationalization. An examination of Chinese reform experience and the contestations about China's WTO membership reveals that the selective internalization so far has been dictated by strategic and instrumental considerations. China's ‘deep integration’ into the increasingly globalized economy after its entry into the WTO demands normative changes, not just behavioral ones. This is contingent less on irrevocable wider opening of the Chinese economy than on immutable internalization and cognitive embracing of laws, standards and norms prevailing in the wo...read more
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The Political and Social Implications of China's Accession to the WTO
TL;DR: For example, the authors argues that China's industries will be exposed to crippling competition, farmers will be hurt by the import of cheap (and better quality) foreign wheat and corn, and China as a nation will become entangled in a global capitalist network that will erode the country's sovereignty and, in the worst case scenario, reduce China to an “appendage” of the West, particularly the United States.
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Domestic Politics and the U.S.-China WTO Agreement
TL;DR: The authors examines the influence of domestic politics on U.S.-China negotiations over Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO). But, contrary to recent theories emphasizing the obstacles domestic divisions pose to international cooperation, domestic opposition to the WTO agreement in both the United States and China did not constrain the ability of American and Chinese negotiators to initiate and reach an agreement.