题目 The Implications of Merchandise Trade Liberalization in China's Accession to WTO
主讲人 Will Martin
时间 2000年10月27日（星期五）11:00－12:30
地点 北京大学中国经济研究中心致福轩
主讲人简介
Lead Economist, The World Bank
Assessing the Implications of Merchandise Trade Liberalization in China's Accession to WTO
China's forthcoming accession to the WTO will be a turning point for China, and for the rest of the world. It involves reforms across a wide range of sectors in China, both in directly trade-related sectors and behind the border. The implications of these reforms are greatly influenced by the starting point partially reformed economy with relatively high import duties, but in which export sectors benefit from liberal duty exemptions on the inputs used in the production of exports. China and its major trading partners are estimated to gain from accession, and some competing countries to suffer small losses. The adjustments
required are greatly reduced by the liberalization that China has undertaken in the 1990s. A full evaluation of accession, and design of appropriate policy responses will require detailed analysis in a number of areas, including agricultural policies, the proposed liberalization of clothing and textiles, safeguards mechanisms, and the automobile sector.
转摘自中国经济研究中心（www.ccer.edu.cn）
