Unpacking the Black Box of China’s State Capitalism

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ID21971241
AuthorsMing Du (0000-0001-9301-4126, Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume24
Issue1
Pages125-150
Publication date2023-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGerman Law Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2071-8322 • E-ISSN: 2071-8322
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/glj.2023.2
OpenAlexW4328054647
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

Much ink has been splashed on the ideological, conceptual, and practical challenges that China’s state capitalism has posed to global trade rules. There is a growing perception that the current international trade rules are neither conceptually coherent nor practically effective in tackling China’s state capitalism. This perception has not only led to the emergence of new trade rules in regional trade agreements, but also culminated in the US-China trade war, only further aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. This Article contributes to the debate of what trade rules may be needed to counteract China’s state capitalism by unpacking the black box of China’s state capitalism. Based on an analysis of the nature of China’s state capitalism, this Article provides a preliminary evaluation of current trade rules taken to counteract China’s state capitalism, in particular the new rules in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and explain why they are unlikely to be successful

Capitalism · China · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State capitalism · Trade war · Unpacking · International Law and Aviation · Law

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