S5 Ep37: Director's Cut: China's place in the global trading system

Bruegel director Guntram Wolff and senior fellow André
Sapir discuss how potential WTO reform might position the
organisation differently towards China.


In this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics', Guntram Wolff
talks to Bruegel senior fellow André Sapir about his upcoming
paper on the WTO reform, specifically what is necessary in order
for the Chinese economic system to be compatible with the global
multilateral trading system.


China has recently been atop the European policy agenda,
especially with President Xi's recent visits to Rome and Paris
ahead of the EU-China Summit in April. The discussants here walk
us through the main challenges in the EU's quest to position
itself vis-à-vis China, including the issues of forced technology
transfers and the behaviour of Chinese state-owned enterprises.


For further reading, we recommend the Bruegel Policy Contribution
by Uri Dadush and Guntram Wolff on how Europe should approach the
unfolding crisis in global trade.