Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Asia

Jiaxiang Hu, Ph.D (2003) in Law, University of Edinburgh, is Professor and Director of the Asian Law Center at the KoGuan Law School of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Matthias Vanhullebusch, Ph.D (2011) in Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), is Assistant Professor and Executive Director of the Asian Law Center at the KoGuan Law School of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

• Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part 1 China’s Role Within Regional TradeA 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 NiBolstering Taiwan’s Regional Operations Centres through Liberalization of Trade Across the Taiwan StraitRichard N. Watanabe and Robert IrishChina’s FTA Practice in Europe. New Features and Impacts Delei PengPart 2 China and the Transpacific PartnershipSelected Issues in TPP Negotiation and Implications for ChinaHenry GaoLook before You Leap. The Case for China’s Tripartite Strategy Towards the Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership (TPP) Ming DuPart 3 Free Trade Between China, Japan and KoreaTripartite Free Trade Agreement among China, Korea, and Japan. A Step Towards Economic Integration in Northeast Asia? Yong-Shik Lee and Kwangkug KimComposing an Investment Chapter of the Korea-China-Japan FTA Won-Mog ChoiIndustry Specific FTAs. Korean FTAs Example Liyu HanOn 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 IshikawaPart 4 Future Perspectives on Asian Regional TradeSearching for Human Rights. Free Trade Agreements in Asia Matthias VanhullebuschShanghai Free Trade Pilot Zone. The Model for Future China? Jiaxiang HuPromoting Intra-Regional Trade in South Asia through Trade Facilitation Measures under the Auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional CooperationMd. Rizwanul IslamA Study on the Cooperation in Trade Remedies among the BRICS Countries Shengxing YuThe US, East Asian FTAs, and China Jean-Marc F. Blanchard and Wei LiangPlaying 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 BorghtConclusionRegional Trade Agreements in Context Jianfu ChenIndex