Tiger by the Tail
Subtitle: China and the World Trade Organization
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute Press
Published: August 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780844741086
Subjects: Macroeconomics; Trade agreements & tariffs; Protectionism; Economics - General; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; International Relations - General; International - Economics; Exports & Imports; World Trade Organization; China; Commercial policy; Foreign economic relations
First sentence: Prospects for the accession of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) fluctuated wildly in 1999.
Description: "In this book Mark Groombridge and Claude Barfield focus on fundamental economic issues that need resolution before China can become a respected member of the WTO. The events of the spring of 1999 bolster their argument that the real challenges involve China's "transparency" problem: the need to create a legal and administrative apparatus to facilitate the resolution of international commercial disputes.

Noble intentions and high-sounding promises will not ensure successful Chinese membership in the WTO - if they are not bolstered by essential domestic reforms in China."--BOOK JACKET.