China and the WTO: Changing China, Changing World Trade

Incoming World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has the background, timing, and credentials to make strong statements on the historic accession of China to the WTO and the shape of the global trade body. His co-author, a respected Hong Kong-based journalist with BusinessWeek, adds a dash of critical insight on how trade relates to development, human rights, and antiglobalization groups. The result is a compelling and forceful case for giving China the benefit of …

…focus on the contribution of the WTO to the continued viability of globalization. On this point at his book launch in Beijing, the incoming director-general said that at Doha, Qatar, the WTO succeeded in three areas: the members avoided a Seattle breakdown, set the basis for the new trade round, and reasserted an economic priority for the global political and military coalition against terrorism. For such statements and more, this book will merit wide attention.