On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Tu Xinquan, a leading Chinese expert on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and global economic governance. They review the initial enthusiasm accompanying China’s accession to the WTO two decades ago, the debates on whether China’s behavior conforms with its WTO commitments, and the need for WTO reform to address industrial policy, national security, digital trade, and labor standards.
Tu Xinquan is Dean and Professor of the China Institute for WTO Studies of University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing. He is currently the Chair Holder of WTO Chairs Program at UIBE and general secretary of Network on International Trade and Investment System (NITIS). His research and teaching focus on Chinese trade policy, the WTO, government procurement, U.S. trade policy, and U.S.-China trade relations. He has been a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins SAIS, the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, the German Institute of International and Security Affairs, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterrey, and Indiana University on a variety of trade topics. He is a member of Friends of Multilateralism Group, Asian WTO Research Network, WEF Trade Action Group, and Trade and Investment Research Network. Tu received his PhD in international trade from UIBE in 2004.
