Taiwan's Application to GATT/Wto: Significance of Multilateralism for an Unrecognized State (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275974213)

Revealing a powerful economic motive behind Taiwan's 1990 application for GATT membership, CHO questions those who interpreted it solely as a political move designed to break that island nation's diplomatic isolation. Flourishing economically since the 1950s despite non-GATT membership, matters changed for Taiwan in the 1980s when it became both big and small. As a big trader, its dual trade regime was no longer tolerated, while as a small economy with little political clout, Taiwan was pushed to liberalize its trade practices by bilateral pressures. Taiwan believes that the most-favored nation principle and diffuse reciprocity embedded in GATT/WTO's multilateralism will sheild Taiwan from the pernicious effects of bilateral asymmetry while simultaneously providing it with more international living space.

Author: Hui-Wan Cho, Cho Hui-WAN
ISBN-10: 0275974219
ISBN-13: 9780275974213
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2001
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.20w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 97