Governing Science and Technology under the International Economic Order

Edited by Shin-yi Peng, Professor of Law, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Han-Wei Liu, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore and Ching-Fu Lin, Assistant Professor of Law, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

• Contents:Part I Introduction1. Governing Science and Technology in the Era of Megaregionals Shin-Yi Peng, Han-Wei Liu and Ching-Fu Lin 2. Regulatory Cooperation in the WTO: Why it Matters Now? How Could it be Achieved?Petros C. MavroidisPart II Trade in ICT Goods and Services3. Free Flow of Data and Digital Trade from an EU Perspective Rolf H. Weber4. Lessons from the TPP Regulatory Coherence Chapter: The Laws Governing Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Messages as a Case StudyShin-Yi Peng 5. Export Policies, Technology Controls, and Investment Reviews: How States Compete in the Era of Global High-tech Value Chains.Mark Wu6. China Standard Time: The Boundary of Techno-Nationalism in MegaregionalsHan-Wei Liu, Part III Environmental and Energy Policy7. Trade and Biological Diversity Governance in the Age of MegaregionalismWon-Mog Choi8. Regulation of Renewable Energy Trade in the Megaregionals Era: Current Issues and Prospects for Rule-Making ReformsSherzod Shadikhodjaev9. The Promotion of Renewable Electricity Technology in the Mega-RTA Era: The Preliminary Evaluation of the Potential Effects on Regulatory Convergence or DivergenceAnton Ming-Zhi Gao Part IV. Food Safety and Public Health 10. Food and Product Safety Issues in the TPPYoshiko Naiki 11. Megaregional Transformation of Global Food Safety Governance: Normative Roots and RamificationsChing-Fu Lin12. How are Package-related Food Safety Issues Addressed in the TPP?Chang-Fa Lo Part V Intellectual Property Rights13. TPP, RCEP, and the Crossvergence of Asian Intellectual Property StandardsPeter K. Yu 14. International Harmonization with Regulatory Competition: A Case of Intellectual Property LawBranislav Hazucha 15. Harmonization without Localization: Trendspotting Pharmaceutical Patent Law in Recent FTAsBryan Mercurio 16. Internet-Related Unfair Competition: The Impact of Treaties and Challenges for Mainland Chinese Law and Jurisprudence Shujie Feng Index

'This book provides a penetrating analysis of the timeliest issues in the context of WTO and megaregionalism: how to govern science and technology under the dynamic international economic order. With experts offering scholarly examination of contemporary challenges, this book proves to be a critical and constructive contribution to the field.'--Gabrielle Marceau, President of SIEL, Senior Counsellor at the WTO