Regional cooperation and free trade agreements in Asia / edited by Jiaxiang Hu, Matthias Vanhullebusch.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regional Coopeartion and FTAs in Asia examines the opportunities and challlenges arising from the proliferation of FTAs in Asia.

Part 1. China's role within regional trade. A rising tide lifts all boats? : IPR Provisions in China's Free Trade Agreements / Qingjiang Kong -- Retrospect and prospect of the cross-straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Mainland China and Taiwan / Kuei-Jung Ni -- Bolstering Taiwan's regional operations centers through liberalization of trade across the Taiwan Strait / Richard N. Watanabe and Robert Irish -- China's FTA practice in Europe : new features and impacts / Delei Peng -- Part 2. China and the transpacific partnership. Selected issues in TPP negotiation and implications for China / Henry Gao -- Look before you leap : the case for China's tripartite strategy towards the trans-pacific strategic partnership (TPP) / Ming Du -- Part 3. Free trade between China, Japan and Korea. Tripartite free trade agreement among China, Korea and Japan : a step towards economic integration in Northeast Asia? / Yong-Shik Lee and Kwangkug Kim -- Composing an investment chapter of the Korea-China-Japan FTA / Won-Mog Choi -- Industry specific FTAs : Korean FTAs example / Liyu Han -- On the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the China-Japan-Korea free trade agreement : lessons from existing FTAs and investment treaties / Yasuhei Taniguchi and Tomoko Ishikawa -- Part 4. Future perspectives on Asian regional trade. Searching for human rights : free trade agreements in Asia / Matthias Vanhullebusch -- Shanghai free trade pilot zone : the model for future China? / Jiaxiang Hu -- Promoting intra-regional trade in South Asia through trade facilitation measures under the auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation / Md. Rizwanul Islam -- A study on the cooperation in trade remedies among the BRICS countries / Shengxing Yu -- The US, East Asian FTAs, and China / Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Wei Liang -- Playing a long game in their free trade regime between China and the EU : a reflection on the evolution of the MFN clause / Kim Van der Borght.

English.

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