ABSTRACT
It has been a little over a decade since China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In becoming a member of one of the world's most significant international economic institutions, China obligated itself to fulfill a plethora of demanding terms ranging from adhering to the principle of national treatment to eliminating all trade balancing conditions and meeting all the requirements of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS). China's progress in meeting its WTO commitments has been a major area of study. There also has been considerable attention given to China's performance as a member of the WTO with scholars asking if China has been a “revisionist or status quo” player and whether the country has contributed positively to WTO negotiations, such as the Doha negotiating round (Pearson 2006).
