By Associate Professor Weihuan Zhou

Journal articles

Zhou W, 2018, 'Appellate body report on EU-Biodiesel: The future of China's state capitalism under the WTO anti-dumping agreement.', World Trade Review, 17, pp. 609 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474745617000507

Peng D; Zhou W; Yang G, 2018, 'National Security in International Trade Law: An Analysis of the US Section 232 Investigation', International Economics and Trade Research, 34, pp. 91 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.13687/j.cnki.gjjmts.20180417.001

Jiang H; Zhou W, 2018, 'CHINA'S INVESTMENT IN AUSTRALIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW MECHANISM', TSINGHUA CHINA LAW REVIEW, 10, pp. 187 - 223, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000437524900003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Zhou W; Peng D, 2018, 'EU – price comparison methodologies (DS516): Challenging the non-market economy methodology in light of the negotiating history of article 15 of China’s WTO accession protocol', Journal of World Trade, 52, pp. 505 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3115861

Zhou W, 2017, 'Chinese Investment in Australia: A Critical Analysis of the China - Australia Free Trade Agreement', Melbourne Journal of International Law, 18, pp. 407 - 435, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/2746379/Zhou-paginated.pdf

Zhou W, 2017, 'China’s Litigation on Non-Market Economy Treatment at the WTO: A Preliminary Assessment', Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 5, pp. 345 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cjcl/cxx017

Zhou W; Zhang S, 2017, 'Anti-dumping Practices and China's Implementation of WTO Rulings', China Quarterly, 230, pp. 512 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0305741017000510

Zhou W, 2017, 'Implementing WTO Rulings: Fifteen Years of China in the WTO', China's World, 2, pp. 76 - 81, http://www.chinasworld.co.uk/cw/issues

Zhou W; Xi J, 2017, 'China’s liberalization of legal services under the ChAFTA: Market access or lack of market access for Australian legal practices', Journal of World Trade, 51, pp. 233 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/trad2017010

Percival A, 2016, 'Panel Report on EU —Biodiesel: A Glass Half Full?—Implications for the Rising Issue of “Particular Market Situation”', The Chinese Journal of Global Governance, 2, pp. 142 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/23525207-12340019

Zhou W, 2016, 'Circumvention and Anti-Circumvention: Rising Protectionism in Australia', World Trade Review, 15, pp. 495 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474745615000762

Zhou W; Arner DW; Buckley RP, 2016, 'Overseas Law: China's Regulation of Digital Financial Services: Some Recent Developments', Australian Law Journal, 90, pp. 297 - 300

Zhou W; Percival A, 2016, 'Debunking the Myth of ‘Particular Market Situation’ In WTO Antidumping Law', Journal of International Economic Law, 19, pp. 863 - 892, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgw071

Zhou W, 2016, 'Fifteen Years on: Has China Implemented WTO Rulings? - A Perspective on 'Trade in Goods' Dispute', Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, 11, pp. 155 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2713543

Zhou W; Noël S, 2016, 'Replacing the Non-Market Economy Methodology: Is the European Union’s Alternative Approach Justified Under the World Trade Organization Anti-Dumping Agreement?', Global Trade and Customs Journal, 11, pp. 559 - 567

Zhou W, 2015, 'Australia’s anti-dumping and countervailing law and practice: An analysis of current issues incompatible with free trade with China', Journal of World Trade, 49, pp. 975 - 1010

Zhou W; Arner DW; Buckley RP; Zhou W, 2015, 'Regulation of Digital Financial Services in China: Last Mover Advantage?', Tsinghua China Law Review, 8, pp. 25 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2660050

Zhou W, 2015, 'Rethinking national treatment and the role of regulatory purpose: Lessons from the 'Theory of distortions and welfare'', Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, 12, pp. 243 - 269

Zhou W, 2015, 'Assessment of ‘Material Injury’ and ‘Causation’: Recent Developments in Australia', Global Trade and Customs Journal, 10, pp. 282 - 290

Buckley RP; Zhou W, 2013, 'Navigating Adroitly: China’s Interaction with the Global Trade, Investment and Financial Regimes', University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review, 9, pp. 1 - 40

Zhou W, 2012, 'US-clove cigarettes and US-tuna II (Mexico): Implications for the role of regulatory purpose under article III:4 of the GATT', Journal of International Economic Law, 15, pp. 1075 - 1122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgs041

Zhou W, 2012, 'The role of regulatory purpose under Articles III: 2 and 4 - Toward consistency between negotiating history and WTO jurisprudence', World Trade Review, 11, pp. 81 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474745611000449

Conference Papers

Zhou W, 2019, 'Theory of Distortions and Welfare as the Backbone of the WTO: If We Lose the Form, Do We Lose the Essence?', in Picker C; Nakagawa J (ed.), University of Tokyo, pp. 1 - 9, presented at Paradise Lost or Found? The Post-WTO International Legal Order (Utopian & Dystopian Possibilities), University of Tokyo, 09 January 2019 - 10 January 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27353

Working Papers

Crochet V; Zhou W, 2023, The Anti-Circumvention Instrument: Another Roadblock on the Investment Development Path?, Geneva Graduate Institute, Geneva, CTEI Working Paper 2023, http://dx.doi.org, https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/300999?_ga=2.48161445.306031157.1675080287-134332698.1667220188

Media

Gao H; Zhou W; Crochet V, 2024, Critical Minerals Initiatives for Green Supply Chains: How Multilateralism Can Help, https://tessforum.org/latest/critical-minerals-initiatives-for-green-supply-chains-how-multilateralism-can-help

Crochet V; Zhou W, 2024, The Politization of Trade Defence Instruments, https://www.celis.institute/celis-blog/the-politization-of-trade-defence-instruments/

Crochet V; Zhou W, 2023, Critical insecurities? The European Union’s trade and investment strategy for a stable supply of minerals for the green transition, European Journal of International Law, https://www.ejiltalk.org/critical-insecurities-the-european-unions-trade-and-investment-strategy-for-a-stable-supply-of-minerals-for-the-green-transition/

Gao H; Zhou W, 2022, Disciplining China’s State Capitalism through International Trade Rules: Regaining the Missed Opportunity, Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridgeblog.org/2022/11/disciplining-chinas-state-capitalism-through-international-trade-rules-regaining-the-missed-opportunity/

Laurenceson J; Zhou W, 2022, Better to bring China into the trans-Pacific tent, The Australian, https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fcommentary%2Fbetter-to-bring-china-into-the-transpacific-tent%2Fnews-story%2Fa3543d20d2a22164309f97fb9aef4308&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-high-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append

Kong Q; Zhou W, 2022, Supply chains catch a breath as China lifts zero-COVID, East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/07/09/supply-chains-catch-a-breath-as-china-lifts-zero-covid/

Toohey L; Wagner M; Zhou W, 2022, A road to rapprochement for Australia–China relations, East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/07/05/a-road-to-rapprochement-for-australia-china-relations/

Wagner M; Zhou W, 2022, World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it’s not fixed yet, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/world-trade-organization-steps-back-from-the-brink-of-irrelevance-but-its-not-fixed-yet-185373

Zhou W; Kong Q, 2022, ACI is a sign of European departure from the multilateral trading system, China Global Television Network (cgtn), https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-05-26/ACI-is-sign-of-European-departure-from-the-multilateral-trading-system-1alQWJqNdbG/index.html

Gao H; Zhou W, 2021, China's entry to CPTPP trade pact is closer than you think, NIKKEI Asia, https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-s-entry-to-CPTPP-trade-pact-is-closer-than-you-think

Zhou W, 2021, How Much Protection Does the World Trade Organization Provide for Australian Barley and Wine?, https://www.australiachinarelations.org/content/perspectives-how-much-protection-does-world-trade-organization-provide-australian-barley-and

Zhou W; Wagner M, 2021, Morrison’s dilemma: Australia needs a dual strategy for its trade relationship with China, https://theconversation.com/morrisons-dilemma-australia-needs-a-dual-strategy-for-its-trade-relationship-with-china-162424

Zhou W; Meng F, 2021, RETHINKING WTO RULES ON CHINESE INDUSTRIAL SUBSIDIES, AND APPROACHES FOR FUTURE REFORM, Institute for International Trade, The University of Adelaide, https://iit.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2021/02/16/rethinking-wto-rules-on-chinese-industrial-subsidies-and-approaches-for-future

Zhou W; Toohey L, 2020, Taking China to the World Trade Organisation plants a seed. It won’t be a quick or easy win, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/taking-china-to-the-world-trade-organisation-plants-a-seed-it-wont-be-a-quick-or-easy-win-152173

Wagner M; Zhou W, 2020, It’s hard to tell why China is targeting Australian wine. There are two possibilities, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/its-hard-to-tell-why-china-is-targeting-australian-wine-there-are-two-possibilities-144734

Zhou W; Campbell R; Slattery M; Behm A, 2020, Why China believed it had a case to hit Australian barley with tariffs, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/why-china-believed-it-had-a-case-to-hit-australian-barley-with-tariffs-140633

Zhou W; Gao H, 2020, China and the CPTPP: is it time to rethink Beijing’s involvement in the trans-Pacific trade pact?, South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3087725/china-and-cptpp-it-time-rethink-beijings-involvement-trans-pacific-trade?utm_source=googlenewsstand_web&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=20200607&utm_campaign=off_platform

Zhou W, 2020, Rethinking economic coercion as Australia–China relations fracture, East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/05/23/rethinking-economic-coercion-as-australia-china-relations-fracture/

Zhou W, 2020, Getting back to harvest: The way forward after China’s barley tariff, Lowy Institute, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/getting-back-harvest-way-forward-after-china-s-barley-tariff

Zhou W, 2020, China might well refuse to take our barley, and there would be little we could do, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/china-might-well-refuse-to-take-our-barley-and-there-would-be-little-we-could-do-138267

Zhou W, 2020, Phase One’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism a poor alternative to WTO Appellate Body, Hinrich Foundation, https://hinrichfoundation.com/trade-research/global-trade-research/thought-leadership/phase-ones-dispute-settlement-mechanism-a-poor-alternative-to-wto-appellate-body/

Zhou W; Gao H, 2020, US-China Phase One Deal: A Brief Account, Wolters Kluwer, http://regulatingforglobalization.com/2020/01/22/us-china-phase-one-deal-a-brief-account/

Gao H; Zhou W, 2019, Myth busted: China’s status as a developing country gives it few benefits in the World Trade Organisation, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/myth-busted-chinas-status-as-a-developing-country-gives-it-few-benefits-in-the-world-trade-organisation-124602

Zhou W; Gao H; Bai X, 2019, The Resurrection of State Capitalism in China, East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/08/06/the-resurrection-of-state-capitalism-in-china/

Gao H; Zhou W, 2019, The End of the WTO and the Last Case?, East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/07/10/the-end-of-the-wto-and-the-last-case/

Wagner M; Zhou W, 2019, The WTO Dispute Settlement System: Just another Victim on the Road to Tomorrow’s GATT?, International Law Association (ILA) Reporter, http://ilareporter.org.au/2019/07/the-wto-dispute-settlement-system-just-another-victim-on-the-road-to-tomorrows-gatt-markus-wagner-and-weihuan-zhou/

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