Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Asia

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Part 1: China’s Role Within Regional Trade

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats?: IPR Provisions in China’s Free Trade Agreements

Retrospect and Prospect of the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Mainland China and Taiwan

Bolstering Taiwan’s Regional Operations Centres through Liberalization of Trade Across the Taiwan Strait

China’s FTA Practice in Europe: New Features and Impacts

Part 2: China and the Transpacific Partnership

Selected Issues in TPP Negotiations andImplications for China

Look before You Leap: The Case for China’s Tripartite Strategy Towards the Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership (TPP)

Part 3: Free Trade Between China,Japan and Korea

Tripartite Free Trade Agreement among China, Korea, and Japan

Composing an Investment Chapter of the Korea-China-Japan FTA

Industry Specific FTAs: Korean FTAs Example

On the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism in the China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Lessons from Existing FTAs and Investment Treaties

Part 4: Future Perspectives on Asian Regional Trade

Searching for Human Rights: Free Trade Agreements in Asia

Shanghai Free Trade Pilot Zone: The Model for Future China?

Promoting Intra-Regional Trade in South Asia through Trade Facilitation Measures under the Auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

A Study on the Cooperation in Trade Remedies among the BRICS Countries

The US, East Asian FTAs, and China

Playing a Long Game in Their Free Trade Regime between China and the EU: A Reflection on the Evolution of the MFN Clause

Conclusion

Regional Trade Agreements in Context

Index