Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Case Studies (v. 2)

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Tables......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 15
Table of Cases......Page 18
Table of Treaties and International Agreements......Page 20
Introduction......Page 27
The structure of the book......Page 29
I. Introduction......Page 32
II. The negotiating process......Page 35
Key disciplines and scope......Page 39
Agriculture......Page 41
Pharmaceuticals......Page 43
Key disciplines and scope......Page 45
Audiovisual services......Page 47
Telecommunications, financial services, and electronic commerce......Page 49
C. Investment......Page 50
Key disciplines and scope......Page 51
Investment disputes......Page 53
D. Intellectual property......Page 55
A. Economic and political effects and review......Page 60
B. Resolving disputes......Page 63
C. Conformity with WTO rules......Page 66
V. Conclusion......Page 68
I. Introduction......Page 70
II. The negotiating process......Page 74
A. Market access......Page 75
D. Sugar and the prospects for ethanol......Page 76
F. Services......Page 77
G. Distribution laws/dealer and agency contracts......Page 78
H. Intellectual property......Page 79
I. Labour......Page 80
J. Environment......Page 81
IV. Implementation and prospects for the future......Page 82
I. Introduction......Page 85
II. The negotiating process......Page 87
A. Market access......Page 89
B. Rules of origin......Page 91
D. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS)......Page 92
E. Technical barriers to trade (TBT)......Page 94
F. Dispute settlement......Page 95
IV. Impact and prospects for future application......Page 97
Sources......Page 98
I. Introduction......Page 100
A. The merchandise trade statistics are revealing......Page 102
B. Mexico's FTAs stimulate foreign direct investment......Page 107
C. Mexico's automotive sector: emerging markets and the FDI-trade linkage......Page 109
D. Trade in commercial services......Page 110
II. The negotiating process......Page 111
A. Provisions relating to goods......Page 116
IV. Impact and prospects for future application......Page 120
I. Introduction......Page 123
A. Motivations......Page 124
B. Negotiating process......Page 125
A. Goods......Page 127
B. Agricultural products......Page 128
B. Services......Page 129
C. Investment......Page 130
E. Competition......Page 131
B. Institutional provisions and dispute settlement......Page 132
VI. Conclusion......Page 133
Annex 2: bilateral agricultural offers......Page 134
B. SACU–Norway......Page 135
C. SACU–Iceland......Page 136
I. Introduction......Page 137
II. The negotiating process......Page 140
A. Trade in goods......Page 143
Agricultural products......Page 144
Mining, manufacturing and other products......Page 146
B. Trade in services......Page 147
C. Investment......Page 150
D. Intellectual property......Page 154
E. Rules of origin......Page 156
F. Labour, environment, and other social issues......Page 157
G. Government procurement......Page 158
I. Improvement of the business environment......Page 160
K. Dispute settlement......Page 161
IV. Impact and prospects for future application......Page 162
A. Japan......Page 164
B. Mexico......Page 167
V. Conclusion......Page 168
A. The impetus for a free trade agreement......Page 170
B. Trade and investment relations between the countries......Page 173
II The negotiations......Page 174
A. The players......Page 175
B. The process......Page 176
B. Chapter 2: National Treatment and Market Access......Page 181
US market access commitments......Page 182
Morocco's market access commitments......Page 183
D. Chapter 4: Textiles......Page 185
E. Chapters 5 and 6: Rules of Origin and Customs Cooperation......Page 187
G. Chapter 8: Safeguards......Page 188
Overview of obligations......Page 189
Scope and coverage of the obligations......Page 190
I. Chapter 10: Investment......Page 192
J. Chapter 11: Cross-Border Trade in Services......Page 198
K. Chapter 12: Financial Services......Page 200
L. Chapter 13: Telecommunications......Page 201
M. Chapter 14: Electronic Commerce......Page 203
N. Chapter 15: Intellectual Property Rights......Page 204
Copyright and related rights......Page 205
Patents......Page 206
O. Chapter 16: Labor......Page 207
P. Chapter 17: Environment......Page 209
Q. Chapter 18: Transparency......Page 210
S. Chapter 20: Dispute Settlement......Page 211
T. Chapter 21: Exceptions......Page 213
A. The economic impact of the agreement......Page 214
B. Potential for future negotiations, deeper integration, and accession......Page 215
C. Potential for disputes between the parties and WTO consistency......Page 216
I. Introduction......Page 218
II. Background: the emergence of ACFTA......Page 219
A. Tariff reduction and elimination programme......Page 221
B. Early Harvest Programme (EHP)......Page 222
C. The normal liberalization arrangement......Page 223
D. Assessing the tariff liberalization arrangements in the global context......Page 224
IV. Quantitative restrictions and non-tariff trade barriers......Page 225
V. The rules of origin issue......Page 226
VI. The Services Agreement under ACFTA......Page 227
B. Non-discrimination......Page 228
D. Progressive liberalization......Page 229
A. The use of contingency measures under ACFTA......Page 230
B. Substituting safeguard actions for anti-dumping and countervailing measures?......Page 232
A. Overview of the dispute settlement procedures under ACFTA......Page 235
B. Relationship to other dispute settlement mechanisms......Page 237
C. Implication of the DSM Agreement......Page 238
B. Treaty-making power of international organizations......Page 241
C. The international legal personality of ASEAN......Page 242
D. The legal nature of ACFTA......Page 245
E. The implications of ACFTA being not a bilateral agreement between ASEAN as an entity and China......Page 247
X. Concluding remarks......Page 249
Additional Sources......Page 250
Index......Page 252