Title	Reforming WTO Rules on State-Owned Enterprises [electronic resource] : In the Context of SOEs Receiving Various Advantages / by Yingying Wu
Imprint	Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019
Edition	1st ed. 2019
Connect to	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3561-7
Descript	XXII, 265 p. 3 illus. online resource

This book argues that the trade-distorting effects of advantages associated with SOEs are more severe from an economic perspective, and the behavior of SOEs after receiving advantages is of more concern, compared to private-owned enterprises (POEs). The premise is that the existence of SOEs per se is not the essential problem; rather, the underlying problems are (i) the disproportionate granting of advantages to SOEs (compared to POEs) and (ii) the behavior of SOEs once they receive advantages. The book offers a systematic analysis focusing on the various advantages granted to SOEs and their subsequent behavior. Its detailed analysis reveals the inadequacy of current WTO rules and is complemented by a number of concrete proposals

Introduction -- The Global Presence of SOEs and Their Receipts of Advantages -- The Extent, Nature, and Effect of Advantages Granted to Chinese SOEs -- The Existing WTO Rules Addressing the Problems and Their Weaknesses -- Proposals to the WTO Rules to Address the Problem -- General Assessments of the Proposals Within the WTO Framework -- Conclusion -- Bibliography