The Political Economy of WTO Implementation and Chinas Appro... - 9781783473847

The Political Economy of WTO Implementation and Chinas Approach to Litigation in the WTOAuthor(s): Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu, Zhang Qi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781783473847, 978-1783473847\nSynopsis\nWhy, and how, do states obey international law? This engaging book tackles this very question head on via its examination of the conflicting and conciliating processes of the Chinese approach to litigation and the Western approach to legal orientation in the field of the WTO dispute settlement [url] authors examine the normative framework of WTO rule implementation in a globalised international economic order. They further explore the notion of the rule of law in China's Confucian system, and how it interacts with a rule-based world trading system. Topics discussed include theorising the WTO implementation regime, the Chinese approach to law, China and the WTO dispute settlement system, and Chint