Hong Kong’s international role, the World Trade Organization and challenges for the multilateral trading system | Stuart Harbinson, Asia Global Institute Fellow
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Stuart Harbinson
Fellow, Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong,
and the European Centre for International Political Economy
Washington’s threats to end Hong Kong’s so-called special trade status seem exaggerated, given that the US extends little in the way of preferential treatment. But for Hong Kong the stakes are high, writes Stuart Harbinson, a fellow of Asia Global Institute, who represented Hong Kong at the World Trade Organization from 1994 to 2002. If mishandled, this dispute could call into question the Chinese special administrative region’s continued existence as a separate customs entity and international trading hub.
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