China's historic accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2001 not only represents an important milestone in the country s transition to a market economy and integration into the global economy, but is also among the most important events in the history of the WTO and the multilateral trading system. China and Global Trade Governance: China's First Decade in the World Trade Organization provides us with some fresh empirical data to assess the country s behaviour in the liberal international economic regime. Such an assessment is both timely and necessary as it can help...