China, India and the International Economic Order

An examination of the roles of China and India in the contemporary international economic and legal order.

Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah (Edited by), Jiangyu Wang (Edited by)

9780521110570, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 August 2010

660 pages, 3 tables
23.5 x 15.6 x 3.4 cm, 1.16 kg

'… very ambitious and most welcome …' Melbourne Journal of International Law

With contributions by a variety of internationally distinguished scholars on international law, world trade, business law and development, this unique examination of the roles of China and India in the new world economy adopts the perspectives of international economic law and comparative law. The two countries are compared with respect to issues concerning trade and development, the World Trade Organization, international dispute settlement, regional/free trade agreements, outsourcing, international investment, foreign investment, corporate governance, competition law and policy, and law and development in general. The findings demonstrate that, though their domestic approaches to economic issues diverge, China and India adopt similar stances at the international level on many major issues, recapturing images which existed during the immediate post-colonial era. Cooperation between China and India could provide leadership in the struggle for economic development in developing countries.

Introduction and overview: China, India, and the International Economic Order Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah and Jiangyu Wang
Part I. China, India and Global Trade System: 1. China, India and the Doha Development Round Joel P. Trachtman
2. China, India and developing countries in the WTO: towards a pro-active strategy Jianfu Chen
3. China-India cooperation, south-south coalition, and international economic law-making An Chen and Huiping Chen
4. India, China and foreign investment Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah
5. China, India, and the law of the World Trade Organization Julia Ya Qin
6. The interpretation of WTO agreements: evaluating divergent approaches from the perspective of developing countries Bhupinder S. Chimni
7. China, India and dispute settlement in the WTO and RTAs Locknie Hsu
8. China, India and global outsourcing of services under GATS Dora S. Neo
9. International dispute settlement: implications of the Chinese approach and practice Kong Qingjiang
Part II. China, India and Regional Economic Integration in Asia: 10. The role of China and India in Asian regionalism Jiangyu Wang
11. The Asian economic community: ASEAN – a building or stumbling block for China and India economic cooperation? Michael Ewing-Chow
12. The 'China-ASEAN tariff acceleration precedent' Chin Leng Lim
13. Financial cooperation and integration in East Asia Douglas W. Arner, Wei Wang and Paul Lejot
Part III. Law and Development in China and India: Domestic Issues: 14. Law and development in China and India Randall Peerenboom
15. The development of modern corporate governance in China and India Nicholas C. Howson and Vikramaditya S. Khanna
16. An institutional race: a comparative study of competition law regime in India and China Zhang Xian-Chu.

Subject Areas: International economic & trade law [LBBM], International trade [KCLT], Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]