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Crossing The River By Feeling The Stones: Why trade rules matter for poverty in China: Keynote address for conference of Harmonious trade and development, Tsighua University, Beijing, October 23-25, 2003.

28 pages

Membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) poses formidable new challenges for China. How these challenges are addressed will have a profound bearing on prospects for success in the two most pressing areas of public policy: poverty eradication and the reduction of inequality. But accession to the WTO also provides China with new opportunities. These include not just the opportunity to advance China's development prospects, but also the opportunity to play a larger role in the world economy. WTO membership and China's political and economic standing give the country a critical role to play in shaping the rules that govern world trade.

KeywordsTrade policy China