Disputes: China’s Post-WTO Blues
The Brookings Institution – Report - November 2007 – 32 pages
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_trade_woo/11_trade_woo.pdf
“In present-day political and policy discussions in Washington, widespread concern is shared over the large and growing U.S.-China trade deficit… More specifically, at the very base of these concerns lies the view that the large trade deficit has reduced U.S. welfare by increasing unemployment and reducing wages. Yet is this an accurate representation of the affect of current trade patterns with China on the U.S. economy? In order to determine the answer, in this paper we examine some of the economic issues associated with the large overall U.S. trade deficit (which, in 2006, was three and a half times larger than the bilateral U.S.-China trade deficit), and some of policy options in reducing U.S.-China economic tensions by posing and answering four critical questions.”