Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Case Studies / Edition 2

by Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio, Lorand Bartels

Overview

The stalling of the Doha Development Round trade negotiations has resulted in bilateral and regional free trade agreements 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. This second edition provides a new collection of case studies illustrating the latest trends and innovations in bilateral and regional trade agreements (BRTAs). The selected BRTAs represent a good sampling of regional variation and cover 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107063761
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/07/2016
Series:	Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.93(w) x 9.88(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

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

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

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Table of common abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of treaties and international agreements; 1. The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement Andrew D. Mitchell and Tania Voon; 2. Central American-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement Mauricio Salas; 3. China-Chile Free Trade Agreement Luz Sosa; 4. European Union-Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Co-ordination and Co-operation Agreement Bradly J. Condon; 5. European Free Trade Association-Southern African Customs Union Free trade Agreement Nkululeko Khumal and Peter Draper; 6. Japan-Mexico Economic Partnership Agreement Bryan Mercurio; 7. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Jason Kearns; 8. Association of Southeast Asian Nations-China Free Trade Agreements Jiangyu Wang.