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Chinese Taipei joined the WTO at the same time, they are able to have
direct trade link, which led to further increases in trade and investment
between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Stronger economic ties have
reduced political tensions between them.
Thirdly, it ensures the eventual elimination of discriminatory
restrictions against Chinese products as those WTO members maintaining
such discriminatory trade restrictions are bound to phase them out
within the agreed time frame. Thus, China’s WTO membership provides
Chinese exports and enterprises in the long run with more security and
predictability in their access to the world market.
Fourthly, access to the multilateral dispute settlement mechanism
provides a fair basis for both China and its trading partners to resolve
their disputes and develop harmonious trade relations. Without the access
to the multilateral dispute settlement mechanism, China was subject to
constant threats of unilateral trade sanctions and retaliation from its major
trading partners which had chilling effects on trade expansion between
China and its trading partners.
Fifthly, China, in the current and future multilateral trade negotiations,
has an equal right to make requests for market-access concessions from
other WTO members and claim its legitimate right in the spirit of “give
and take”.
Furthermore, it also ensures China’s equal participation in the
rule-making process which is shaping the future multilateral trading
system and the world economic governance. Over the past decades,
dramatic changes have taken place in the multilateral trading system.
These changes reflected rapid changes in the world economy as a result
of globalization and represented the interests of different countries and
economies. In other words, China’s WTO membership enables China to
seek its trade interests are reflected in future rule-making.
5. Brazil-China and the WTO – Challenges and Opportunities
As major players in world trade, both Brazil and China has a
vital interest in safeguarding the multilateral trading system and in
maintaining an open world market. At the moment, the biggest challenge
to the multilateral trading system is the current impasse of the Doha
Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations. A solution needs to be found
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