In 2001, China finally joined the WTO. The accession of China was looked forward to by many WTO members and China itself. However, observers had some fears that the Chinese accession would prove to be a Trojan horse, disrupting the working of the WTO. This paper looks into the Chinese accession and its involvement in the WTO Dispute Settlement and argues that these fears seem so far to be unfounded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
QUIRINO STEINER, ANDREA, DE ALMEIDA MEDEIROS, MARCELO, and DE SOUZA LIMA, RAFAEL MESQUITA
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*HISTORY of diplomacy, *COUP d'etat, Honduras, 2009, *NUCLEAR energy, *HISTORY, *INTERNATIONAL relations, BRAZILIAN foreign relations, BRAZILIAN politics & government, WESTERN influences on developing countries' civilizations, WESTERN countries
Abstract
This paper reviews Brazil's pursuit for international insertion by: discussing its search for new partners; presenting an overview of the historical, cultural, and political features that render it the most Western of the emerging nations; and analyzing its participation in the management of two major international crises, the Honduran constitutional crisis and the Iranian nuclear crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]