Negotiating a preferential trading agreement : issues, constraints and practical options
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Negotiating a preferential trading agreement : issues, constraints and practical options
E. Elgar, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Presenting a blend of economics and law, this book provides unique insights as well as practical guidance for negotiators considering major issues on the agendas of bilateral and regional preferential trading agreements (PTAs).
PTAs are currently proliferating. However, the existing economics literature provides little guidance for trade negotiators and analysts grappling with complex technical problems when negotiating PTAs. The authors use the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement as an illustrative case study to provide concrete insights into the political economy roots of disagreements and conflicts, and discuss the pros and cons of alternative formulations and approaches.
This informative and insightful book would appeal to academic analysts, particularly those interested in the economic and legal aspects of international trade, and to those involved in negotiating international trade agreements. It would also be of great interest to trade negotiators and trade policy makers.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
1. Introduction
Sisira Jayasuriya and Gary Magee
2. Review of International Experience: Ex Post Studies of Other PTAs and Implications for PTA Design
Russell Hillberry
3. Multilateralism and FTAs: A Chinese Perspective on an Australia-China FTA
Dashu Wang
PART II: SECTOR-SPECIFIC ISSUES
4. Manufacturing Products and Related Issues in a Free Trade Agreement between China and Australia
Neville Norman
5. Agriculture
Donald MacLaren
6. Services in PTAs - Donuts or Holes?
Philippa Dee and Christopher Findlay
7. Resources Sector and Foreign Investment
Yinhua Mai and Philip Adams
PART III: KEY ISSUES FACING FTA NEGOTIATORS
8. Intellectual Property in a Possible China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Kimberlee Weatherall
9. Rules of Origin
Peter Lloyd and Donald MacLaren
10. Settlement of Disputes under Free Trade Agreements
Jeff Waincymer
11. Safeguards, Anti-Dumping Actions and Countervailing Duties
Martin Richardson
12. Ensuring Compliance between a Bilateral PTA and the WTO
Andrew D. Mitchell and Nicolas J.S. Lockhart
Index
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