Anna G Tevini

Regional Economic Integration and Dispute Settlement in East Asia (eBook, ePUB)

The Evolving Legal Framework

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The accession of the People's Republic of China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 significantly transformed the global economy both de facto and de jure. At the regional level, China's WTO accession served as an important catalyst for the establishment of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in East Asia. This was a novel development for the region, since East Asian States had previously followed a largely informal, market-driven approach to regional economic integration. By contrast, rules-based economic integration involving East Asian States was traditionally limited to multilateral integration under the GATT/WTO framework.

This book systematically analyses and explains the development, nature and challenges of rules-based regional economic integration in East Asia with particular attention to the region's first four RTAs. While also addressing the socio-economic, historical and political factors influencing the development of RTAs in East Asia, the book focuses on the legal institutions governing economic integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as under the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation Agreement (ACFTA), the Japan-Singapore New Age Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA), and the Mainland China-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). The book provides a systematic, comparative account of the scope, depth and (hard law versus soft law) quality of rules-based economic integration achieved under these four RTAs in the areas of trade in goods and services, investment liberalisation and protection, labour mobility, and dispute settlement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782254881
• Artikelnr.: 53315567

Autorenporträt

Anna G Tevini is an attorney in the New York office of Shearman & Sterling LLP, where she focuses on international arbitration and Asia-related corporate investigations. She received a Ph.D. degree in law (summa cum laude) from Göttingen University, Germany, and an LL.M. degree from New York University. Her doctoral dissertation, on which this book is based, was awarded Göttingen University's Law Faculty Award for Best Thesis in 2012. A fluent Mandarin speaker, Anna has lived and worked in China and Southeast Asia at various times during the past 20 years. She is a member of the Asian Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association and a senior fellow of the Melton Foundation.