Roots of Competitiveness - China`s Evolving Agriculture Interests (Paperback, New)

Roots of Competitiveness: China's Evolving Agriculture Interests examines China's interests in global agriculture trade liberalization. It begins with an overview of China's policy behavior in recent WTO talks, and then goes back to describe the reform foundations that got China to this point. This study seeks to clarify for uncertain observers China's underlying interests on the question of agriculture trade liberalization - whether to go faster, slower, not at all beyond the status quo, or even backwards. manifestly toward reform, structural adjustment and economic rationalization. China is further along toward the end point of that process than generally recognized, and shows a deep, probably irreversible commitment to the process. China can point to demonstrated successes in raising incomes, overall welfare and productivity to justify (to itself) the pain of further adjustment, and has the policy skills to manage (if not minimize) adjustment costs.