Organization Date Title Keywords
Congressional Research Service 10.17.02 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), FreeTrade, and the 2002 Summit in Mexico
Dick K. Nanto
On October 26-27, 2002, the Tenth APEC Leaders’ Meeting (summit) is to be hosted by Mexico in Las Cabos, Mexico. APEC 2002 is intended to send a clear message to the world that APEC has the ability to implement its initiatives while responding and... 		Economic Policy, Trade
Congressional Research Service 10.26.01 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2001 Summit in Shanghai
Dick K. Nanto
On October 20-21, 2001, the Ninth APEC Leaders’ Meeting (summit) was hosted by China in Shanghai. The theme for APEC 2001 was “Meeting New Challenges in the New Century: Achieving Common Prosperity through Participation and Cooperation” with the sub-... 		Economic Policy, Trade
Council on Foreign Relations 10.1.01 Beginning the Journey: China, the United States, and the WTO
Chair: Robert D. Hormats Director: Elizabeth C. Economy
The main finding of this report is that both the United States and China will run risks as Beijing moves ahead with membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), but the potential payoffs for both countries are well worth it. It also points out that... 		Historiography, Economic Reform, Human Rights, Security
Cato Institute 04.24.00 China’s Long March to a Market Economy
Mark A. Groombridge
The U.S. Congress is in the historic position of being able to help pro-reform leaders in China move their country in a market-oriented direction. A vote to grant China permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status will bolster the position of those... 		Trade, U.S.-China Relations, World Trade Organization
Landesa 02.1.00 The Joint Stock Share System in China’s Nanhai County
David J. Bledsoe and Roy L. Prosterman
Between 1979 and 1983, China made the dramatic transition from a socialist agriculture dominated by large collective farms to a more market-oriented agriculture dominated by small family farms. This report describes the experiment’s background in light... 		Agriculture, Economic Reform, Nanhai
Cato Institute 07.19.99 Trade and the Transformation of China
Dan Griswold, Ned Graham, Robert Kapp, and Nicholas Lardy
Congress will soon consider whether to revoke normal trade relations (NTR) with China and then, possibly in the fall, whether to make NTR permanent as part of China’s anticipated entry into the World Trade Organization. The consequences of congressional... 		Trade, Economic Reform, U.S.-China Relations
Cato Institute 01.23.96 The Sweet-and-Sour Sino-American Relationship
Leon T. Hadar
Relations between the United States and China are becoming frayed, with serious risks for both countries. Although the Clinton administration has wisely resisted the most reckless proposals, its policies have been inconsistent and sometimes inept.... 		U.S.-China Relations, Regional Politics, Economic Integration
Cato Institute 12.1.87 Modernizings Market in Post-Mao China
David L. Prychitko
Is the post-Mao era truly a transition toward free-market capitalism, or is it yet another nominal “rightward” shift in the swinging pendulum of the Chinese Communist Party, to be offset in the future by more drastic elements of plunder by the radical... 		Reform and Opening-Up, Economic Growth, Deng Xiaoping