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Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements 2 Volume Set

Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements 2 Volume Set

Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements 2 Volume Set

Edition:
2nd Edition
Editors:
Simon Lester, The Cato Institute, Washington, DC
Bryan Mercurio, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lorand Bartels, University of Cambridge
Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio, Lorand Bartels, Pravin Krishna, Olivier Cattaneo, David Evans, Andrew D. Mitchell, Nicolas J. S. Lockhart, Tania Voon, Elizabeth Sheargold, James H. Mathis, Timothy E. Josling, Federico Ortino, Joshua P. Meltzer, Arwel Davies, Michael Handler, Victoria Donaldson, Y. S. (Steve) Lee, Colin M. Brown, Jeremy Record, K. William Watson, Henry Gao, Pasha L. Hsieh, Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Chantal Ononaiwu
Published:
February 2016
Availability:
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Format:
Multiple copy pack
ISBN:
9781107063815

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    The stalling of the Doha Development Round trade negotiations has resulted in bilateral and regional free trade agreements (BRTAs) becoming an important alternative. These agreements have proliferated in recent years, and now all of the major trading countries are engaging in serious bilateral trade negotiations with multiple trading partners. Volume 1 of this two-volume set provides updated and comprehensive analysis of the contents of recent BRTAs, while Volume 2 provides case studies originating from multiple regions and covering the most important substantive issues. Authored by leading scholars and practitioners, each case study offers comprehensive analysis of the featured BRTA, and the format allows for quick comparisons. This work is unique in that it situates these agreements in their economic, international law and international relations contexts. It also reviews the recent agreements in relation to each substantive topic covered (such as intellectual property, investment, services, and social policy), thereby providing an overview of the law being created.

    • Highlights recent developments and innovations, thereby helping readers get up to date on what is a fast-moving area
    • Volume 1 presents materials in an accessible manner, thereby allowing readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the entirety of an agreement (or parts thereof) and to quickly compare and contrast agreements
    • Volume 2 presents subject areas as stand-alone chapters, thereby allowing readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the entirety of the subject, or parts thereof

    Product details

    February 2016
    Multiple copy pack
    9781107063815
    552 pages
    251 × 178 × 41 mm
    1.66kg
    8 b/w illus.
    Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1: Part I. Introduction:
    • 1. Introduction Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio and Lorand Bartels
    • Part II. Economics and Politics of PTAs:
    • 2. The economics of PTAs Pravin Krishna
    • 3. The political economy of PTAs Olivier Cattaneo
    • 4. Bilateral and plurilateral PTAs David Evans
    • Part III. Relationship with WTO and International Law:
    • 5. Legal requirements for PTAs under the WTO Andrew D. Mitchell and Nicolas J. S. Lockhart
    • 6. PTAs and public international law Andrew D. Mitchell, Tania Voon and Elizabeth Sheargold
    • Part IV. Legal Aspects of PTAs: A Comparative Analysis:
    • 7. Regulatory regionalism in the WTO – are 'deep integration' processes compatible with the multilateral trading system? James H. Mathis
    • 8. Agriculture Timothy E. Josling
    • 9. Services Federico Ortino
    • 10. Investment Joshua P. Meltzer
    • 11. Government procurement Arwel Davies
    • 12. Intellectual property Michael Handler and Bryan Mercurio
    • 13. Social issues: labour, environment and human rights Lorand Bartels
    • 14. Dispute settlement Victoria Donaldson and Simon Lester. Volume 2:
    • 1. The United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Y. S. (Steve) Lee
    • 2. EU–Korea FTA Colin M. Brown and Jeremy Record
    • 3. The United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement K. William Watson
    • 4. The China–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Henry Gao
    • 5. The China–Taiwan Free Trade Agreement Pasha L. Hsieh
    • 6. The ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA) Meredith Kolsky Lewis
    • 7. The Cariforum–EU Economic Partnership Agreement Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan and Chantal Ononaiwu.
      Contributors
    • Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio, Lorand Bartels, Pravin Krishna, Olivier Cattaneo, David Evans, Andrew D. Mitchell, Nicolas J. S. Lockhart, Tania Voon, Elizabeth Sheargold, James H. Mathis, Timothy E. Josling, Federico Ortino, Joshua P. Meltzer, Arwel Davies, Michael Handler, Victoria Donaldson, Y. S. (Steve) Lee, Colin M. Brown, Jeremy Record, K. William Watson, Henry Gao, Pasha L. Hsieh, Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Chantal Ononaiwu

    • Editors
    • Simon Lester , The Cato Institute, Washington, DC

      Simon Lester is President of worldtradelaw.net and a trade policy analyst with the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies.

    • Bryan Mercurio , The Chinese University of Hong Kong

      Bryan Mercurio is Professor and Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    • Lorand Bartels , University of Cambridge

      Lorand Bartels is a University Senior Lecturer in Law and a Fellow of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge.