WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FOCUS

No.1 January 2008

CONTENTS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

On the Treaty Interpretation in the Sino-U.S. Case of Intellectual Property Rights(Ⅰ)(1) Zhang Naigen(1)

WTO STUDY

The Assessment of U.S. Textile Monitoring Mechanism to Vietnam and Its Effects(9) Lu Sheng(7)

WTO&CHINA

The Probe of Promoting China’s Manufacture Competitiveness Based on Global Value ChainWang Weihai(13)

TRADE IN SERVICES

To Analyse the Causes of Necessity of ESM among WTO MembersWang Jun(18)

TRADE REMEDY

Study on the Countermeasure of Sino-U.S. Subsidy Disputes under WTO(Ⅰ)Yang Rongzhen(23)

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

On the Principle of Judicial Economy in WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism(Ⅱ)Xu Zengcang(29)

WTO NEWS

WTO Publishes the Report of World Trade 2007 and Will Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Multilateral Trade system(35)

Zhang Yuejiao Becomes an Appellate Body Member(36)

The New Progress in Sino-U.S. Art Paper Case—U.S.ITC Reverses the Final Arbitration Made by Its Department of Commerce(37)

TENDENCY OF WORLD ECONOMY

Report of World Energy 2007:Oil Price Will Keep on High Level and China Will Become the Biggest Energy User(38)

Report of World Social Condition 2007:Global Employment Growth Can’t Keep up with Economic Growth(38)

Chinese Commercial Ministry Publishes the Report of the Development of China’s Service Trade 2007(39)