Article 20 Of The GATT Applies To The Study Of China 's Accession To The WTO

GATT Article20,"the general exception clause" on the applicability of the"China’s WTO Accession Protocol" in the final analysis is the nature and legal statusunder the Protocol on the Accession of China’s WTO agreements. Over the last fewyears, for the protection of exhaustible natural resources within countries is not onlylegal, economic and trade issues, but also a strategic resource protection issues. Onthe occasion against the background of some of China’s WTO accession protocol canpromise as some other developing countries, the obligations under the WTO can applyequally to GATT Article20,"the general exception clause", which is a resource-poorcountry like us countries, has the very important. Of course, from a wider range oflegal level, the ability to GATT exception clause applies to our other business areas,but also a coordination of national interests and international trade liberalization. Afterall, within the framework of an international recognition of national interest so thattrade liberalization and can coexist in harmony, is the best thing. In this paper, GATTArticle20pairs of "applicability" China’s WTO Accession Protocol were discussed.This paper is divided into five parts, about twenty thousand words.The first part is mainly about the GATT Article20applies research purpose,significance and research methods and research status of China’s WTO AccessionProtocol.The second part is on the main content and nature of the legal status of the WTOagreements and the Protocol on the Accession of China’s "application of the" GATTArticle20of the causes discussed.The third part of the combination of "Chinese influence publications andaudiovisual entertainment products, trading rights and distribution services-Measures"(hereinafter referred to as audio and video publications case) and "China’sexport restrictions on raw materials case"(hereinafter referred to as export restrictionson raw materials case) both classic case for the "applicability" for the specificanalysis.Part IV of the GATT Article20applies to China ’s Protocol of Accession reasons and conditions of the sort, and draw conclusions.The fifth part on the " applicability " to our experiences and lessons learned witha reflection and put forward a four-point proposal of specific legislative and judicial.