Against scores of civil rights activists and humanistic organizations, Dr. Mourdoukoutas advocates the addition of China to the World Trade Organization despite its civic transgressions. China joins the global economy a little bit late, lacking the ability and capability to innovate and sustain a competitive edge. Dr. Mourdoukoutas also calls attention to China's lack of an expanding world market frontier and poor domestic markets as justification for his opinion.
China is a large producer of traditional manufacturing products - a market maker in world markets.
Expanding her exports as part of the WTO will cause price destruction and undermine the growth of her economy. If America leads the opposition to China in the WTO, China's economic ruin will be blamed on our leaders publicly. By allowing China to join the WTO and fail on its own, America shifts the blame to Chinese leaders and avoids the stigma of destroying a nation's economy. This is not a new issue. As the world approaches the 10th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square conflict, human rights leaders overwhelmingly disagree with him.