"China's Influence On Non-Trade Concerns In International Economic Law | Law

This volume examines the range of Non-Trade Concerns (NTCs) that may conflict with international economic rules and proposes ways to protect them within international law and international economic law. Globalization without local concerns can endanger relevant issues such as good governance human rights right to water right to food social economic cultural and environmental rights labor rights access to knowledge public health social welfare consumer interests and animal welfare climate change energy environmental protection and sustainable development product safety food safety and security. Focusing on China the book shows the current trends of Chinese law and policy towards international standards. The authors argue that China can play a leading role in this context: not only has China adopted several reforms and new regulations to address NTCs; but it has started to play a very relevant role in international negotiations on NTCs such as climate change energy and culture among others. While China is still considered a developing country in particular from the NTCs’ point of view it promises to be a key actor in international law in general and more specifically in international economic law in this respect. This volume assesses taking into consideration its special context China’s behavior internally and externally to understand its role and influence in shaping NTCs in the context of international economic law. |China's Influence on Non-Trade Concerns in International Economic Law | Law