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The Impact of Digital Trade Rule Depth on Export Sophistication
With the increasingly prominent role of digital trade in international commerce, digital trade rules have become a focal point for nations worldwide. Currently, multilateral negotiations on digital trade rules are progressing slowly, prompting…
The Impact of Digital Trade Rule Depth on Cross-Border Digital Services Trade under the Belt and Road Initiative
Against the backdrop of the rapid rise of the digital economy, digital services trade has emerged with enormous development potential. This study selects panel data from 2008 to 2021 between China and 65 Belt and Road Initiative countries as the…
Status, Challenges and China's Responsible Role in WTO Reform
The World Trade Organization (WTO) faces complex challenges as it carries out reforms given the intertwining interests of its members under the multilateral trading regime. When the WTO fulfills its dispute settlement function, some members differ…
Subsidies Contributing to Overcapacity and Overfishing: The Challenges in Completing the Third Pillar of the WTO Fisheries Agreement
The Fisheries Subsidies Agreement (hereinafter “FSA”) reached at the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) marked a historic achievement in furthering agenda 14.6 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (…
Sustainable Seas? Assessing Commitments and Implications of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement
This article provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the World Trade Organization (hereinafter “WTO”) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (hereinafter “AFS”), framing it as a pivotal yet complex advance in global efforts to address overfishing. It…