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Title Free trade agreements in the Asia Pacific / edited by Christopher Findlay, Shujiro Urata
Published Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 305 pages)
Series World Scientific studies in international economics, 1793-3641 ; 11
World Scientific studies in international economics ; v. 11. 1793-3641
Contents Cover13; -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Overview -- 1. Free Trade Agreements in East Asia -- 1.1. Rapid expansion of FTAs -- 1.2. Characteristics and motives of FTAs in East Asia -- 2. Objectives of the Research Project -- 3. Major Findings -- 3.1. Quality of FTAs -- 3.2. Impacts of FTAs -- 4. Future Research Agenda -- References -- 1. Rules of Origin and Agricultural Trade Liberalisation in Major Free Trade Agreements I. Cheong and J. Cho -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Descriptive Overviews of ROO -- 2.1. Theoretical survey on ROO -- 2.2. Descriptive analysis of ROO in major FTAs -- 3. Empirical Assessment of ROOs -- 3.1. Analysis on index components -- 3.2. Assessment of restrictiveness of ROO -- 4. Agricultural Liberalisation in Major FTAs -- 4.1. FTAs by Western countries -- 4.2. FTAs by Japan and Korea -- 4.3. ASEAN8211;China FTA -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- 2. Services in Free Trade Agreements R. Ochiai, P. Dee and C. Findlay -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formand Content -- 2.1. Regional characteristics of form -- 2.2. Negative-list versus positive-list approach8212;Contents -- 2.3. The GATS template versus the NAFTA template -- 3. Domestic Regulation -- 4. Market Access and National Treatment -- 5. Comparison Between Bilateral and Multiple Member Agreements -- 6. Rules of Origin -- 7. Overall Evaluation on Liberalisation -- 8. Summary -- Appendix -- References -- 3. Analysis of the Restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment in Free Trade Agreements S. Urata and J. Sasuya -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Degrees of restrictions -- 3.2. Assessment by country -- 3.3. Types of restrictive measures -- 3.4. Restrictions on different sectors -- 4. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- 4. A Comparison of the Safeguard Mechanisms of Free Trade Agreements A. Kotera and T. Kitamura -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bilateral and Regional Safeguard Mechanisms -- 2.1. The basic idea and structure of safeguard mechanisms -- 2.2. The intrinsic nature of bilateral and regional safeguard mechanisms -- 2.3. Analysis and evaluation of the selected safeguard mechanisms -- 2.4. Analysis of the selected bilateral and regional safeguard mechanisms -- 3. Classification of the Selected Bilateral and Regional Safeguard Mechanisms -- 3.1. No general safeguard type -- 3.2. Quasi-global safeguard type -- 4. Final Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- 5. Assessing the Economic Impacts of Free Trade Agreements: A Computable Equilibrium Model Approach K. Abe -- 1. The Theoretical Framework and the Simulation Model Adopted -- 1.1. Surveys on the impacts of an FTA -- 1.2. Location effects and regional disparity -- 1.3. Other dynamic effects of an FTA on economic growth and welfare -- 1.4. Framework of the adopted simulation model -- 1.5. Accumulation effect measured by a CGE model -- 1.6. The global trade analysis project model -- 1.7. The plan for simulations in this paper -- 2. The Simulations of Japans Existing and Future Bilateral FTAs -- 2.1. Trade and tariff structures of the three countries of Japans existing FTAs -- 2.2. Details of simulations and technical assumptions -- 2.3. Macroeconomic impacts -- 2.4. Impacts on sectors -- 3. Simulations of the Future Scenarios of Japans FTAs -- 3.1. Static simulation -- 3.2. Results of static simulation
Summary Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia as regional economies rush to catch up with the rest of the world - but what difference do they make? This book answers that question by providing an up-to-date assessment of the quality and impact of FTAs in the region. Featuring a collection of papers originally written for the prestigious Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) in Tokyo, it presents contemporary analysis and insights into the evolution of recent FTAs. The book is suitable for use by trade policy negotiators, policy analysts, and people developing
Subject Free trade -- East Asia
Free trade -- Pacific Area
Free trade
SUBJECT East Asia -- Commercial treaties
Pacific Area -- Commercial treaties
Subject East Asia
Pacific Area
Genre/Form Commercial treaties
Form Electronic book
Author Findlay, Christopher C. (Christopher Charles), editor.
Urata, Shūjirō, 1950- editor.
ISBN 128275792X
9781282757929
9789814271394
981427139X