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1 accession of China to the WTO, 1, 5, 19, 27 8, 36, 38 9, 41, 79, 84 5, 87, 89, 96, 113, 115, 118, 120, 129, 151 2, 155 7, 161, 168, 190, 294 5, 297, , 302 banking commitments, intellectual property commitments, 162 market access commitments, 85 Protocol of Accession, 89, 96, 107 8, , 301 2, 309 revision of commitments, 90 services commitments, 84 SOE commitments, 114 ACTA. See Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement adjudication, international. See dispute settlement Africa, 98, 175, 186, 240, 268, 270 aggressive legalism, 37, 302, 304, 316 Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, 129, 132, 135 7, 142 Agricultural Bank of China, 2 agriculture, 13, 85, 91, 94 5, 117, 172 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ( ACTA ), 313 antidumping, 40, 89, 95, 98, 100 Antidumping Agreement, 96 Appellate Body of the WTO, 107, 138, 140 3, 145 ASEAN, 55 China Framework Agreement 2002, 55 China Free Trade Area, 55 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization, 187 Asian Financial Crisis, 13, 200, 218, 221 Australia, 5, 74, 88, 170 3, 175, , 185 8, 258, 262 automotive industry, 104, 151, Bandung Conference, 49 banking. See financial services banking sector, 162, 176, 208, 212, 219, 222 Banking Supervisory Commission, China, 218 Beijing Consensus, 4, 11 Belgium, 285 bilateral investment treaties (BITs), 114, 269, 283, 291 China-Malaysia, 279 China-Mongolia, 284 China-Peru, 283 Chinese models, , 287, 292 U.S. models, 286 BITs. See bilateral investment treaties Brazil, 14, 16, 18 19, 88, 91, 96, 179, 295, 301, 312 Bretton Woods system, 72, 192, 195 BRICs, 20 Cairns Group, 89 Canada, 88, 155, 179, 262, 270 2, Canada Measures Relating to Exports of Wheat and Treatment of Imported Grain, 117 capital mobility, 193 capitalism, 186, 209. See also state capitalism Catalogue of Industries for Foreign Investment, 238 CCP. See Chinese Communist Party censorship, 71, 109, 158 Central National Assets Management Bureau, 219 central planning, 7 Chile, 90, 121 2, 281, 286, 290 China Construction Bank, 2 China Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services, 164 China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), 280, 282 China Measures Affecting Imports of Automobile Parts, 104,

2 320 China Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, 299 China Measures Affecting Trading Rights and Distribution Services for Certain Publications & Audiovisual Products, 107 China Model. See development China threat theory, 35 China Value-Added Tax on Integrated Circuits, 104 Chinese BITs, early 1980s, 271 Chinese Communist Party, 22, 194 8, 201 2, 207, 214 Chinese economic indicators, 2, 24, 35, 174, 196, 211 Closer Economic Partnership Arrangements (CEPAs), 53 competition law, 121 competition policy China, 243 SOEs, 264 competitive neutrality, 114, 122, compliance with international obligations, 36 7, 42, 103, 110, 314 Confucianism, 33 4, 65 7, 69, 76, , 217 consensus-based decision making, 96 Constitution, copyright, 106, 297, 301, 305 corporate social responsibility, 178, 219 corruption, 23, 153, 213, 215 counterfeit. See intellectual property rights, infringements of in China Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Committee, 53 Cross-Straits Economic Framework Agreement, 54 cultural goods, trade in, 157 cultural goods, trading rights, 157 Cultural Revolution, 34, 65, 72, 174, 296 currency manipulation, 36, Deng Xiaoping, 34, 69, 73, 153, 214, 223 development challenge of Chinese model, 33 China Model, 4, 11, 21, 26, 186 Chinese development model, 7 National Development and Reform Commission, China, 231, 235, 238, 240 dispute settlement. See also International Court of Justice acceptance of international adjudication, 43 cultural dimensions, 49 implementation, 105, 107, 109 WTO, 99, 101 7, , 308 WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism, 43 Dispute Settlement Body, 39, 110, 312 Doha Round, 39, 83, 85, 88, 90 involvement of China, 84 domestic implementation of international obligations, 7 domestic stability, 167, 178 East Asian Model, 12, 15 economic indicators, 176 economic power of China, 35 Ekran Berhad v. China, 278 energy, 14 environmental problems, 14, 25 environmental protection, 15, 99, 131, 220, 237, 293 regulatory guidelines, 243 ethnic minorities, 49 Eurodollar market, 192 European Union, 35, 90, 98, 132, 135, 155, 245, 264, 272, 279, 287, 301 European Union and Certain Member States Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector, 51 exchange rate(s) Article XV of the GATT, 167 Chinese fixed rate, 190 Chinese regime, 194 history of policy reform, 164 managed float, 165 pegged to the U.S. dollar, 198 real effective exchange rate, 196 valuation, 190 export credits, 21, 124 expropriation, 271 2, 275, 277, , 283 4, 290, 292 fair and equitable treatment, 271, 277, 287, 292 FDI. See foreign direct investment financial reform in China, 198 financial services, 162 3, 166, 206, 213, 218, 230, 240 Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, 49 Five-Year Plans, 15, 130, 161, 174, 227 8, 230 1, 233 5, 238, 247 fixed exchange rates, Bretton woods system, 192 foreign direct investment, 158, 170, 185 6, 268 foreign exchange, 166 foreign investment, 192 Chinese outbound investment, 240 Foreign Investment Review Board, Australia, 172, , 185, 187 foreign investment, China liberalization and WTO obligations, 160 Foreign Trade Law, 89, 156

3 321 Fortis Bank, 285 Foucault, Michel, 30 free trade agreements, 114. See also preferential trade agreements G20, 90 1, 202, 207, 210 G4, 88, 91 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 5, 72, 80, 82, 86, 88, 91, 97, 107, 115, , 122, , 168 Article III, 104 Article XV, 167 General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), 84, 108, 118, 160, 163 Doha negotiations, 116 geographical indications, 298, 311 Glencore/Xstrata merger, 255, 261, 265 Global financial crisis, 11, 14, 21, 23, 26, 113, 191, 196, 201 2, , , 222, 233, 308 global macroeconomic stability, 202 gold standard, 192 Google, 256 Great Leap Forward, 174 gross domestic product, 2, 19, 24, 35, 130, 173 4, 186, 196, 204, 212, 221 guanxi, 65, 69, 212, , 223 Heilongjiang v Mongolia, 284 Hong Kong, 74, 99, 177, 204, 283, 295 Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration, 85, 91, 93 Hu Jintao, 48 Huawei, 147, human rights, 25, 98, 100, , 186, 216, 288 ICSID Convention, 269 IMF. See International Monetary Fund implementation of WTO rulings, 105 import quotas, 155 India, 2, 16, 35, 83, 88, 91 4, 96, 286, 295, 301, 310, India-Singapore Economic Cooperation Agreement, 286 Indigenous Innovation Policy, 129, 131, 134, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, 2 industry associations, 243 Integrated Circuits Treaty, 296 intellectual property, 100 intellectual property rights, infringements of in China, 37, 106, 294, 300, 304, international adjudication. See dispute settlement International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, 268 9, 276, 278, 282 3, 285 6, 291 International Court of Justice, 41, 276 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 25 international economic system, 30 International Labor Organization, 100, 110 International Monetary Fund, 36, 96, 193, , 207 8, 210 Articles of Agreement, 166 international monetary system, 204 International Organization for Standardization, 131, 136 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 47, 58, 60, 61 investment, 100, 227, Chinese definition of, 271, 273, 287 investor state arbitration, 269 ITLOS. See International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Japan, 12, 14, 24, 35, 65, 70, 73, 88, 101, 111, 132, 171, 173, 177, 181, 262, 270, 277, Japan Alcoholic Beverages II, 86 Kuhn, Thomas, 3 Law on the Encouragement of Small and Medium Enterprises, 229 law reform, China, and WTO accession, 153 legal culture, 7, 63, 65, 68 9, 72 3, 75 Legalism, 34, 65, 68 liberalism Chinese challenge, 194 liberal monetary order, 191 Macau, 204 Madrid Agreement, 296 Mao Zedong, 34, 70, 73, 174, 214, 296 market economy, 41 Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO, 87, 96 Marubeni/Gavilon merger, 255, 265 Marxism, 33 mercantilism, 175, 195 mergers, 6, 127, 245, 250 1, 258, 267 Methanex v. United States of America, 286 MFN. See most favored nation Ministry of Agriculture, China, 81 Ministry of Commerce, China, 84, 92, 234 5, 238, 242 3, 245 6, 250 7, , Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China, 81 Ministry of Industry, China, 81 Ministry of Trade, China, 81 Ministry of Transport, China, 241 mixed economic system, 230 1, 233 Mongolia, 284 most favored nation, 81 2, 271, 281, 283, 297

4 322 NAFTA, 286 Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization, 311 National People s Congress, 106, 156, 159, 161, 227, 229, 247, 297, 299 national security, 133, 137, 145, 184, 247, 278 neoliberalism, 6, 18, 20, 30, 33, 71 New Zealand, 74, 124, 285, 313 nonagricultural market access (NAMA), 91 noninterference, 43, 49, 58 nonmarket economy status, 89, 96, 120 Notice on Further Regulating Foreign Investment Cooperation of Chinese Enterprises, 236 nuclear arms treaties, 100 OECD, 2, 116, 175, 185, 265 Pakistan, 91, paradigm(s), 3 4, 12, 27, 75 6, 80, 96, 101, 112, 114, 127, 129, 144, 147, 152, 154, 156, 168, 202, , 215, 223, 227, 232, 242, 244, 246, 267, 270 2, 277, 285 8, 292, 318 meaning of the term, 3 Paris Convention, 296 patents, 298 People s Bank of China, 165, 198, 200, 204 Peru, 262, 277, 281, 284 Philippines, 58 Ping An v. Belgium, 239, 285 preferential trade agreements, 53, 54 private enterprise, 80 competitiveness, 126, 220, 230, 232 investment, 231 role, 112 property rights, provincial China, 37, 105, 116, 195, 215, 308 Provisions on Regulating Competition in the Field of Outbound Investment Cooperation, 236 public health, 88, 216, 270, 277 8, 286 7, 315 renminbi, 2 appreciation, 166, 204 internationalization, 165, payment restrictions, 164 valuation of special drawing rights, 204 RMB. See renminbi rule of law, 15, 30, 33 4, 72, 100, 110, 153, 237, 287 Russia, 16, 20, 101, 179, 284 safeguards special mechanism, 93 4 transitional product-specific mechanisms, 89 Said, Edward, 29, 34 SASAC. See State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, China Seagate/Samsung merger, 258 Shanghai, 204 5, 237 Shanghai Free Trade Zone, 205, 237 Singapore, 74, 83, 95, 121, 123, 171, 180 socialist market economy, 27, 223 South Africa, 16, 179, 313 South Korea, 12, 171, 270, 277 sovereign immunity, 274, 279, 281 Sovereign Wealth Funds, 170, 178 9, 203 sovereignty, 41, 97, 200, 209, 268, 272, 284 Soviet legal influences, 34, 62, 65, 70 3 Special Drawing Rights, 204 Special Economic Zones, 174, 220 stability, Chinese domestic, 151 Standardization Administration of China, 131 State Administration of Foreign Exchange, 234 5, 241 state capitalism, 5 6, 12, 112, 114, 126, 172 State Council, 198, 232, 238 State Intellectual Property Office, 296 state-holding enterprises, 112 State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, China (SASAC), 178, 230, state-owned enterprises, 6, , , 124 6, 153, 157, 170, 177 9, 182, 186 7, 212, , 220 1, 228, 230, 247, 254, 266, 270, 281 2, 285, 290 China, 71 corporate social responsibility, 219 financial preferences, 115 foreign investment, 230 free trade agreements, 127 GATT Rules, 117 mergers, 127, 264 overseas investment of Chinese SOEs, 240 reforms, 220, 232 regulation, 117, 234 stimulus package and GFC, 233 subsidies, 83, 204, 235, 293 export, state-owned enterprises, 119 Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement, , , 122, 124, Supreme People s Court, 25, 298 9, Taiwan, 143, 234 Taoism, 34, 65, 211 tariff(s), 82, 91 auto industry, 154 reductions on China s accession, 153

5 323 tax(es), 104, 115 double taxation, 241 foreign investors, 160 incentives, 161 preferential treatment, 135, 232 VAT rebates, 166 technology transfer, 151, 160 1, 222, 301 telecommunications, 81, 133, 139, 154, 162, 172, 176, 183, 260 domination of SOEs, 230 private enterprise, 231 standards, 132, 135 Textile and Clothing Agreement, 92 Tibet, 49, 58 trade facilitation, 93 Trade Policy Review Mechanism, 132 trademarks, 106, 295 6, 298 9, 305 Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, 106, 162, 294, 315 trading rights, 107, 111, 154, Transitional Review Mechanism of China in the WTO, 89, 300, 302 Treaty of Nanking, 173 Treaty of Shimonoseki, 173 Tza Yap Shum v. Peru, 274, UNCITRAL, 284 UNCLOS. See United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea underground banking, 213, 221 United Kingdom, 179, 211 United Nations, 87, 96 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 46, 58, 60 United States, 2, 35, 41, 90, 155, 179, 272 United States Antidumping Measures on Shrimp and Diamond Sawblades from China, 51 United States Certain Methodologies and Their Application to Antidumping Proceedings Involving China, 51 United States Countervailing and Antidumping Measures on Certain Products from China, 51 United States Countervailing Measures on Certain Products from China, 51 Uruguay Round, 84 US Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (China), 115 U.S.-China Business Council, 38 U.S. Model BIT, 274 U.S. Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act, 296 Washington Consensus, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20 1 Wen Jiabao, 15, 22, 198, 206 Western Digital/Viviti merger, 258 World Customs Organization, 307 World Intellectual Property Organization, 300, 307, World Trade Organization (WTO), 16, 34, 39, 67, 71 3, 79 83, 85 92, 94 6, 98 9, 101, 105, 111, 160, 166 role of China, 85 technical standards, 144 WTO-minus provisions, 89 WTO-plus provisions, 89, Xi Jinping, 22 3, 25 Zhu Rongji, 220

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