It started its WTO practice soon after China joined the WTO in 2001 and is currently working on the "steel pipes" case against the U.S., in the first WTO dispute launched by China to reach the expert panel stage.
Since then, and especially since the surge that followed its accession to the WTO in 2001, China's economic clout has grown as fast or faster in its own region as anywhere.
As part of its WTO accession agreement in 2001, China agreed to allow the United States and other WTO members to treat it differently indeed, discriminatorily on several matters for a number of years after it joined the WTO.
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After joining the WTO in late 2001, China set up a nationwide court system for dealing with intellectual property right issues.
It took a decadelong boom in cinema construction China is adding thousands of screens a year, and exhibitors need content and a WTO ruling in 2009 that went against China to crack open the door.
As for the WTO itself, bringing China in would not only open up what is potentially the world's biggest consumer market, but it would also ensure that China does not stand aloof from the trading rules that govern commerce in the globalized new century.
The previous week the United Steelworkers union asked the administration to sue China in the WTO over subsidies of its renewable-energy industry.
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In its WTO accession agreement, China also committed to simplify and streamline the approval process for wireless communications equipment into a single process but has not yet done so.
If you need more evidence that the antidumping status quo is weighted heavily against import-consuming U.S. industries, consider this gem: three of the nine mineral raw materials that are the subject of the U.S. case against China in the WTO (magnesium, silicon metal, and coke) are simultaneously subject to U.S antidumping restrictions.
But once China was in the WTO, its steel output rose rapidly while U.S. production drifted downward.
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With China enfolded in the WTO, "The world will be a safer place -- or so we hope, and so history argues, " said Sen.
With WTO membership, China will make significant cuts in its tariffs, thus opening its markets to the products and investment of America and other countries.
Given the uncertainty of future demand for these vehicles in China, it is not surprising that few foreign manufacturers are willing to import these vehicles or their parts (which are still subject to WTO-allowed import tariffs) for sale in China.
China's involvement in the WTO is in the interests of the global economy.
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Indeed, China's membership in the WTO presages a new FDI boom.
He argues that China's inclusion in the WTO, and hence permanent normal trade relations with the U.S., is good for both sides because trade disputes can be resolved through an impartial dispute settlement mechanism.
Hong Kong, after all, was permitted to become part of the WTO as a separate entity before it reverted to China in 1997.
One version had it that the night before, the U.S. had signaled its willingness to recognize China as a developing country in the WTO.
In retaliation, China filed two of its own WTO complaints against the United States during the year.
Both China and WTO members will need to show more flexibility in future.
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This strategic momentum has carried into 2012, as the recent WTO agreement with China, highlighting IMAX, should enhance programming flexibility in our biggest international market, and we have also made early progress toward igniting network growth in Latin America and Europe.
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In August, it said, citing a "WTO staff report, " that in the U.S. clothing market, China's share could shoot up to 50% from 16% in 2002.
China promises to join WTO accession protocols that would bring its rules in this area in line with global norms, but has been dragging its feet for years.
Foreign investment has soared since China opened its markets to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2002.
America's WTO complaints mark the third time in three months that the administration has gotten tough with China.
In the circumstances that have unfolded since the White House reached its WTO agreement with China, the answer to this question has to be no.
Others, however, aren't so optimistic, pointing out that, with a full 95 percent of the rare earths market under its aegis, China could realistically afford to ignore any decisions handed down from the WTO in the future.
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Thanks to the WTO, foreign firms are no longer required to hand over technology in exchange for entry to China's market.
But in between, both explicit legal impediments and hidden obstacles continue to hamper access to Chinese customers, despite China's promises of reform when it joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001.
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