Sino U.S. Trade War: Settling the US-China Trade War from the Perspective of International Organization and Regulation

Abstract

In this intensifying Sino U.S. trade war, only a sound multilateral trading system can promote the economic development of countries in the context of globalization. In addition to avoiding deeper and broader political confrontation, China and the U.S., which will inevitably have various frictions and disputes in the future, should use international law and international rules to deal with complex international trade disputes. Beyond that, recourse to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism is a key step in resolving the Sino U.S. trade dispute, which requires that we first get the Appellate Body back up and running. Given the lengthy nature of the reform, changes to the consensus rule around the U.S. first should be an alternate solution to reinstate the Appellate Body in the short term.