"The World Trade Organisation cannot be deemed truly international without the full participation of China, a massive market with an increasing number of highly sophisticated sectors. Yet - although China did accede to the WTO in 2001, after fifteen years of negotiations - WTO members persist in classifying China as a non-market economy, with all the trade restrictions such labelling entails. The EC in particular continues to curtail the flow of Chinese-European trade, despite some recent liberalization in EC import and antidumping regulations." "In this book Dr. Hoogmartens clearly points the way to an equitable resolution of the complex problems raised by the friction between China's planned economy and EC trade policy instruments." "Addressing as it does a highly salient present and future aspect of the global economy, EC Trade Law Following China's Accession to the WTO will be of enormous value to policymakers in international economic law at all national and supranational levels. The author's reasoned and cautious analysis builds a second platform for the ongoing development of peaceful and mutually beneficial commercial relations between Europe and China."--BOOK JACKET.