Association of Southeast Asian Nations - China Free Trade Agreement
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Case Studies, Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio eds., pp. 192-225, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008
34 Pages Posted: 17 Aug 2009 Last revised: 13 May 2017
Date Written: August 17, 2009
Abstract
This book chapter offers a comprehensive review of the free trade agreement between China and ASEAN ("ACFTA"), focusing on the rules concerning tariff reduction (including the Early Harvest Programme), trade in services, dispute resolution, as well as the progress on the negotiations on trade-related investment. It also critically analyzes the nature of the ACFTA from the perspective of ASEAN as an incomplete international organization or one without full international legal personality.
Keywords: FTA, RTA, China, ASEAN, Early Harvest Programme, trade dispute resolution
JEL Classification: K33, F02, F15
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