Negotiating a Preferential Trading Agreement

Edited by Sisira Jayasuriya, Monash University, Australia, Donald MacLaren, formerly of the Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia and Gary Magee, Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia

• Contents: PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW1. IntroductionSisira Jayasuriya and Gary Magee2. Review of International Experience: Ex Post Studies of Other PTAs and Implications for PTA DesignRussell Hillberry3. Multilateralism and FTAs: A Chinese Perspective on an Australia–China FTADashu WangPART II: SECTOR-SPECIFIC ISSUES4. Manufacturing Products and Related Issues in a Free Trade Agreement between China and AustraliaNeville Norman5. AgricultureDonald MacLaren6. Services in PTAs – Donuts or Holes?Philippa Dee and Christopher Findlay7. Resources Sector and Foreign InvestmentYinhua Mai and Philip AdamsPART III: KEY ISSUES FACING FTA NEGOTIATORS8. Intellectual Property in a Possible China–Australia Free Trade AgreementKimberlee Weatherall9. Rules of OriginPeter Lloyd and Donald MacLaren10. Settlement of Disputes under Free Trade AgreementsJeff Waincymer11. Safeguards, Anti-Dumping Actions and Countervailing DutiesMartin Richardson12. Ensuring Compliance between a Bilateral PTA and the WTOAndrew D. Mitchell and Nicolas J.S. LockhartIndex

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