Joining the World Trade Organization With a Cool Head

On Nov. 11 the Doha meeting completed the formal approval procedures for China to join the WTO, putting a perfect end to the too long wait of the Chinese.15 years have passed since China began its efforts in entering the WTO. China set off on its way to ＂return to the GATT＂ with the development of its reforms in 1986. From that time till its success today, the name of the negotiations changed and the negotiators got old. This process is a memory of vicissitudes.Now the WTO is really …