WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FOCUS

No.2 February 2009

CONTENTS

WTO STUDY

On the Reason of the Conflict between Trade and Culture within the WTO SystemMa Ran(1)

Summary of WTO Doha Round Negotiations in the End of 2008Zhang Wei Wei(9)

WTO & CHINA

Analysis on the Fraud of Soft Clause L/CNi Xin(13)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The Strategy of Intellectual Property Rights of Multinational Corporations and China’s CountermeasuresZhu Yurong(19)

TBT&SPS

National Treatment under the TBT Agreement: Beyond the EC-Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs CaseLuan Xinjie & Julien CHAISSE(26)

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

Comments on Legal Issues in the Panel Reports of China-Auto PartsSun Liwen(33)

WTO NEWS

Lamy: WTO Should Move Quickly on Wider Front in 2009(40)

TENDENCY OF WORLD ECONOMY

The Creation Index Ranking of Countries and Regions: US No.1 and China No.37(42)

17 Trade Remedy Investigations to Chinese Products by Latin American Countries in 2008(42)

The Global Telecom Market May Grow One Percent in 2009(42)

STATISTICS

China’s Tariff Profile2008(44)

China’s Trade Profile2007(45)