Saturday, April 6, 2019

China Will Not Give Up Its ‘Developing Country’ Status At The WTO

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters are pictured in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters

SCMP: China refuses to give up ‘developing country’ status at WTO, despite US demands

* China calls the special and differential treatment a ‘fundamental right’, saying it will not cede to Trump’s demands on World Trade Organisation reform
* China says it will team with other developing members, including India, South Africa and Venezuela, to win the battle over future of WTO

China will refuse to give up the “special and differential treatment” it enjoys as a developing nation at the World Trade Organisation, in a rebuke to a US proposal that would pare back the privileges China and other nations enjoy on trade.

China is categorised as a developing country at the Geneva-based institution, which affords it “special and differential treatment”. This enables China to provide subsidies in agriculture and set higher barriers to market entry than more developed economies.

The dispute reflects a fundamental divide within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that has threatened the future of the global multilateral trading system.

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WNU Editor: When China was permitted to enter the WTO with U.S. backing in 2001, critics of the policy were condemned by U.S. President Clinton and free trade advocates that this was the best (and only) policy to pursue .... Was Letting China Into the WTO a Mistake? (Philip Levy, Foreign Affairs). Today .... it is China that is calling the shots, and I predict that they will keep their ‘developing country’ status at the WTO even though they are the world's second largest economy. Sighhh .... it took only 18 years, but for those who criticized China's entry into the WTO 18 years ago and who predicted what was going to happen, they have now been proven right.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

The critics were proven right and Clinton was proven Left (venal & stupid).

... and a child molester.

Anonymous said...

Some people will not give up the Democrat narrative

"Africa’s Global Powerbrokers"

Anonymous said...

RIGHT. At the moment, Russia all over Venezuela...Under Democrats there was Monroe Doctrine and no Russia presence...and now China there too!
That was not the case under Obama...

Anonymous said...

5:44

Are you a moron or do you play one IRL 24/7?


China and Russia sent their auxiliary forces, Cuba and Hezballah, to prop up their dictator Hugo Chavez and Maduro (El Gordo) duriong the Obama Regime.

Glad I could set you straight.

Bob Huntley said...

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Jac said...

If WTO let China to keep its current status, we have to tell this Organization we shall, no longer, respect the rules of WTO.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Lapides,
When are you going to tell the truth about your "dinner parties" with your "friends"?

Anonymous said...

"When are you going to tell the truth about your "dinner parties" with your "friends""

That hit just right.

Everything about the situation is at the tail of the bell curve.

That is just too coincidental. It does not add up.

Anonymous said...

Anon @ 9:58
Lapides thinks since he generously "publicly" gave the story of his life that he above criticism. He has much to answer for, but alas is either unwillingly or unable to.