Case Name :      AIG and China’s Accession to the WTO

Authors :           Jean-Philippe Bonardi, Tony S. Frost

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            902M21

Discipline :        Business & Government Relations

Case Length :    07 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

AIG is an American insurance company. A trade dispute between the United States and the European Union threatens to block the accession of China to the World Trade Organization, and AIG plays a role as the only foreign firm to own fully controlled subsidiaries in China. The disagreement is about the future of these existing subsidiaries, as well as potential new ones that AIG might seek to establish in China. What are the issues from each stakeholder’s perspective, and what options are available to resolve this dispute?