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Wto’Ing A Resolution To The China Subsidy Problem, Chad P. Brown, Jennifer A. Hillman
Wto’Ing A Resolution To The China Subsidy Problem, Chad P. Brown, Jennifer A. Hillman
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The United States, European Union, and Japan have begun a trilateral process to confront the Chinese economic model, including its use of industrial subsidies and deployment of state-owned enterprises. This paper seeks to identify the main areas of tension and to assess the legal-economic challenges to constructing new rules to address the underlying conflict. It begins by providing a brief history of subsidy disciplines in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) predating any concerns introduced by China. It then describes contemporary economic problems with China's approach to subsidies, their impact, and the …