Title: Evolution of International Trade Rules and Economic Growth Effects

Speaker: Liu Bin, Vice Dean of the School of Government Management, University of International Business and Economics; Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor of the China WTO Research Institute; selected into the National-level Young Talents Program; Chief Expert of the Major Project of the Ministry of Education; Outstanding Scholar of Huiyuan. He has published more than 100 academic papers in CSSCI and SSCI journals such as Social Sciences in China, Economic Research Journal, Management World, China Economic Quarterly and World Economy. He has been interviewed by media such as Focus Interview for many times, and has published many articles in newspapers such as Guangming Daily (Theoretical Edition) and Economic Daily. He presides over a number of national and ministerial-level projects such as the General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Key Project of Social Sciences of Beijing. He has won many national and ministerial-level awards such as the First Prize of Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research in Institutions of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, the Second Prize of An Zijie International Trade Research Award, the Second Prize of Business Development Research Achievements and the Second Prize of Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences of Beijing.

Abstract: The world is currently facing unprecedented changes in a century, and major changes have taken place in the main body, orientation and concept of global economic governance. As an important carrier of the global economic governance system, international trade rules show new development trends and characteristics: WTO negotiations are in a dilemma, regional trade rule negotiations show the characteristics of "fragmentation" and "spaghetti bowl", and digital trade rules are becoming increasingly important. We should correctly view the basic laws of the evolution of international trade rules and grasp their long-term and phased characteristics. The impact of international trade rules on economic growth is mainly achieved by reducing the transaction costs of adaptive systems, and can also be achieved through paths such as capital accumulation and total factor productivity improvement. In the process of economic development, we should give full play to the role of integration into international trade rules and fully stimulate the vitality of factors.

Date & time: 20 June 2025, 15:00

Venue: B321, Zhixin Building, Central Campus, Shandong University