Reforming WTO Rules on State-Owned Enterprises In the Context of SOEs Receiving Various Advantages /

• Main Author: Wu, Yingying (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Trade.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .; International Economic Law, Trade Law.
• Physical Description: XXII, 265 p. 3 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811335617
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3561-7

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.