Myth busted: China’s status as a developing country gives it few benefits in the World Trade Organisation
- Written by Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Whether China is a “developing” or a “developed” country for the purposes of the World Trade Organisation matters a lot to the US president.
President Donald Trump ignited a new front in the US-China trade war in July by tweeting that the world’s richest nations were masquerading as developing countries to get special treatment.
They were “cheating”, according to Trump.
Authors: Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University