Schlagwort: China

China foregoes Special and Differential Treatment at the WTO – Real game-changer or geopolitical symbolism?

China’s decision to drop the Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) is less a legal earthquake than a strategic signal — but its symbolism matters. Announced by Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the move to forego the SDT that comes with being labelled a “developing country” in the WTO allows Beijing to claim a form of “grown‑up” membership in the global trading order while recalibrating its diplomacy toward key trade partners and developing countries. (mehr …)

29. September 2025
Where is global trade and investment governance headed? A Tour d’Horizon

Since the US created the post-World War Two liberal international order and is still the pre-eminent global power notwithstanding the growing Chinese challenge, it is uniquely placed to determine the trade and investment system’s fortunes. The answer to the question posed in the title, therefore, depends fundamentally on the medium-term trajectory of US politics, and the resultant US position in the world. Accordingly, in this blog I put forward my analysis of where the US political system is headed under President Donald J. Trump, how key countries are responding, and the ensuing implications for the global trade and investment system.

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4. Oktober 2018
The ‘China Shock’ : Three Phases of China-enhanced Globalization

The rising living standards that have come with China’s opening in the 1980s initially lent widespread support to the view of trade as a key engine of economic growth, North and South. For low- and middle-income countries, the rise of China has been shown to be a boon during the 2000s. As a result, the impact of China on both the low- and middle-income countries has grown significantly, while the impact of OECD countries has significantly declined.

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1. August 2018
Die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit nicht mit Ansprüchen überfrachten!

Widersprüche und Zielkonflikte verdeutlichen

Wir haben viele Wünsche an die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Viele sind widersprüchlich und nicht alle sind realistisch. Setzen wir mutig klare Ziele und diskutieren Zielkonflikte auf offene Weise! Sonst kommt es nachher zu unangenehmen Überraschungen.

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6. September 2017
Development cooperation between China and Germany should move beyond the donor-recipient model

Moving beyond the traditional model

China and Germany have developed a remarkable bilateral relationship over many years. Although China still needs support from Germany in many areas, it is now time for China and Germany to build a new partnership via development cooperation modalities to contribute to global sustainable development.

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11. Juli 2017