Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law School

China’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 was greeted with euphoria by trading partners eager to gain greater access to China’s market of a billion-plus consumers. Two decades on, the debate is whether China’s outsized global trade dominance reflects merely a failure by the WTO to enforce its rules, or if the regime is fundamentally inadequate to address the challenges posted by China’s massive state-led economy. Professor Petros C. Mavroidis will discuss his new book (co-authored with Andre Sapir), China and the WTO: Why Multilateralism Still Matters. He will explain why China presents the WTO with a unique challenge, and how judicious reforms could save the WTO regime.