Asia Pacific Economic Integration and the GATT/WTO Regime

by Yoshi Kodama

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 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789041197450
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer
Publication date:	03/01/2000
Series:	International Economic Development Law Series , #12
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.88(d)