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|a Hamanaka, Shintaro.
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|a Asian free trade agreements and WTO compatibility
|b goods, services, trade facilitation and economic cooperation /
|c Shintaro Hamanaka.
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|a Singapore ;
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|a xix, 279 p. :
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|a World scientific studies in international economics,
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|a Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.
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|a ch. 1. Introduction. Conceptualizing the WTO compatibility of FTAs. 1.1. WTO compatibility, WTO consistency and WTO friendliness. 1.2. Overarching research question of the study -- ch. 2. Analytical framework for WTO friendliness of FTAs. How to check if they are real "friends" of WTO? 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. First-generation literature: Open regionalism. 2.3. Second-generation literature. 2.4. Analytical framework for WTO friendliness of FTAs. 2.5. Summary -- ch. 3. Free trade agreements in goods. Is trade bilateralism in Asia consistent with WTO rules and norms? 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Difference in multilateral principles of regionalism: GATT article XXIV versus enabling clause. 3.3. Analytical framework for assessing the openness of enabling clause-based FTAs. 3.4. Overview of FTAs around the world. 3.5. Empirical study of enabling clause-based FTAs in Asia. 3.6. Policy issues of bilateral enabling clause-based FTAs. 3.7. Summary -- 4. Regional approaches to trade facilitation. Are regional trade facilitation measures discriminatory against non-members? 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Difference in multilateral principle of regionalism: Trade liberalization versus trade facilitation. 4.3. Analytical framework for assessing the openness of regional trade facilitation. 4.4. Overview on trade facilitation measures under FTAs in the world. 4.5. Discriminatory and non-discriminatory cases of regional trade facilitation. 4.6. Policy suggestions: Minimizing negative externality of regional trade facilitation. 4.7. Summary -- 5. Regional services agreements. What is the value of GATS-plus regional services commitments? 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Differences in multilateral principles of regionalism: Goods versus services. 5.3. Analytical framework for assessing the openness of regional services agreements. 5.4. Overview on regional services areements. 5.5. Case study: Achievements of the ASEAN framework agreement on services. 5.6. Policy issues: Regional services agreements as a trigger for services reforms. 5.7. Summary -- ch. 6. Economic cooperation under FTAs. Do FTAs impose WTO-plus technical assistance obligations on members? 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Multilateral governance on developmental issues. 6.3. Analytical framework for WTO-plus elements of technical assistance under FTAs. 6.4. Overview on technical assistance provisions under WTO agreements. 6.5. Case study: Technical assistance under Japan-ASEAN EPAs. 6.6. Policy implications: The developmental perspective of regionalism debates. 6.7. Summary -- ch. 7. Conclusion. Counter-intuitive policy implications for WTO-compatible FTAs. 7.1. Summary of important empirical findings. 7.2. Counter-intuitive policy implications.
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|a It is an appropriate time to rethink the relationship between trade regionalism and multilateralism in the Asian context as we witness the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia. In the 1980s and 1990s, many scholars and policymakers believed that Asian integration was market-based, rather than legal-based, and that Asian integration would never be codified through agreements. Yet today, there are a large number of FTAs signed and under negotiation in Asia. This book investigates the appropriate relationship between regionalism and multilateralism, with a special reference to recent FTAs in Asia. It is undeniable that past trade multilateralismỚ<U+001c>regionalism debates centered on the trade-in-goods aspect. However, the majority of recent FTAs in Asia cover issues beyond trade-in-goods and tariff liberalization, such as trade facilitation, services, and economic cooperation. While the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Article XXIV governs regional integration initiatives in trade in goods, there is no (or at most a thin) World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement that stipulates the relationship between regionalism and multilateralism in issue areas other than goods. Thus, this study carefully considers the meaning of "WTO-compatible FTAs" by distinguishing "WTO consistency" and "WTO friendliness", going beyond GATT Article XXIV debates and proposes a general framework for examining the openness of regionalism in various issue areas by identifying tree-type questions to distinguish several types of exclusiveness. It then specifically asks the following questions: Can Asian FTAs that cover several issues be considered multilateralism friendly? How does the relationship between regionalism and multilateralism differ between trade-in-goods and non-goods issue areas? What are policies that might reduce the exclusiveness of regional initiatives? The study concludes by listing counterintuitive policy suggestions to make FTAs truly WTO compatible. The book also includes a comprehensive list of FTAs in Asia and several WTO Agreements relating to trade regionalism.
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|n System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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