This work presents a detailed analysis of the application of the WTO rule on regional arrangements to the current attempts at co-operation in the Asia Pacific region and makes recommendations for an institutional framework for economic integration in the region.
The author argues that a framework for regional co-operation must be flexible in allowing for differential sub-regional arrangements and for a development-oriented trade policy, which has been common in some countries in the region. This thesis is based on a comprehensive account of the history and development of regional co-operation, and of the region's diversified economies and export-oriented development needs.
The work concludes with a suggested institutional structure for an Asia Pacific regional arrangement, with particular regard for the compatibility with GATT/WTO rules, including specific recommendations regarding trade and investment liberalisation, economic harmonisation and dispute settlement.
Asia Pacific Economic Integration and the GATT/WTO Regime will be of interest to academics, researchers, policy makers and practitioners with an interest in trade, economic and development law.
| Preface | ||
| Summary of Contents | ||
| Table of Treaties and Domestic Legislation | ||
| Table of Cases | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| Periodicals | ||
| General Introduction | ||
| 1 | The GATT-WTO Rule of Regional Arrangements and the Current International Economic Regime | |
| I | The Current Development of Regional Arrangements | |
| II | Normative Difficulties in Regulating Regional Arrangements | |
| III | The GATT-WTO Rule on Regional Arrangements | |
| 2 | The History and Current Development of Inter-State Co-operation in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| I | General Conditions for Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| II | Pre-APEC Regional Co-operation in Asia Pacific | |
| III | The Progress of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) | |
| 3 | Diversity Amongst Economies in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| I | The Overview of Diversity in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| II | Policy Recommendation for the Diversity Amongst Economies in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| 4 | Export-oriented Development Policy in Newly Industrialised Economies in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| I | Practice and Analysis of Export-oriented Development Policy in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| II | Legal Analysis and Policy Recommendations for Export-oriented Development Policy Measures | |
| 5 | A Possible Regional Arrangement in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| I | An Institutional Structure of a Regional Arrangement in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| II | Trade and Investment Liberalisation in the Asia Pacific Region | |
| III | Harmonisation at Regional Level in the Asia Pacific | |
| IV | A Possible Regional Dispute Settlement Mechanism for the Asia Pacific Region | |
| General Conclusions | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Official documents |
Overview
This work presents a detailed analysis of the application of the WTO rule on regional arrangements to the current attempts at co-operation in the Asia Pacific region and makes recommendations for an institutional framework for economic integration in the region.
The author argues that a framework for regional co-operation must be flexible in allowing for differential sub-regional arrangements and for a development-oriented trade policy, which has been common in some countries in...