| Title: | Sanctions, Domestic Politics, and U.S. China Policy |
| Authors: | Yuan, Jing-Dong |
| Keywords: | sanctions;most-favored-nations (MFN);proliferation;Sino-U.S. relations;trade disputes |
| Date: | 1997-10 |
| Issue Date: | 2016-09-22 16:19:37 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | The imposition of sanctions to achieve specific objectives has become a frequent policy instrument used by the United States in its bilateral relations with China. These sanctions range from the deprival of-and the attachment of conditions to-most-favored-nation (MFN) trading status for China and denials of technology transfers to the imposition of import tariffs. They have been imposed in response to “unacceptable” Chinese behavior over a variety of issues such as weapons proliferation, infringements on intellectual properly rights, and human rights violations. The effectiveness of these sanctions depends on a number of factors and will always remain a matter of degree. The paper suggests that applying sanctions such as threatening revocation and/or applying conditions to China’s MFN status has failed to serve their declared purposes. In the process, the United States has boxed itself in, as carrying through such threats is a highly risky business, while reversing course both suggests impotence and reduces credibility. |
| Relation: | Issues & Studies,33(10),90-123 |
| Data Type: | article |
| Appears in Collections: | [Issues & Studies] Issues & Studies
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