China's Growing Role in World Trade.

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China's Growing Role in World Trade, edited by Robert C. Feenstra and Shang-Jin Wei, is available from the University of Chicago Press for $110.00.

In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in world trade to being one of the world's largest exporters. China is a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and is both a recipient and a source of foreign investment. Not surprisingly, Chinas economic dynamism has generated considerable attention and concern in the United States and beyond. While some analysts have warned of the potential pitfalls of China's rise--the loss of jobs, for example--others have highlighted the benefits of less expensive Chinese goods and services available to U.S. consumers as well as new market and investment opportunities for U.S. firms.

Bringing together a group of expert contributors, China's Growing...

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