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Between Power Politics And International Economic Law: Asian Regionalism, The Trans-Pacific Partnership And U.S.-China Trade Relations, Jiangyu Wang Aug 2018

Between Power Politics And International Economic Law: Asian Regionalism, The Trans-Pacific Partnership And U.S.-China Trade Relations, Jiangyu Wang

Pace International Law Review

This Article examines the interactions of power politics and international economic law in the development of regionalism in Asia, particularly in the context of United States-China trade relations. It argues that the process of regional economic integration in Asia has been slow-moving because of the politicization of regionalism by power rivalries. China’s initial regional integration initiatives apparently ignored the United States, a superpower which has always been a major player in Asia and an indispensable part of the region’s economic process. The United States-led Trans-Pacific Partnership was allegedly designed to exclude China, Asia’s largest economy. On the other hand, the …


Regulatory Rationalisation Clauses In Ftas: A Complete Survey Of The Us, Eu, And China, Ching-Fu Lin, Han-Wei Liu Aug 2018

Regulatory Rationalisation Clauses In Ftas: A Complete Survey Of The Us, Eu, And China, Ching-Fu Lin, Han-Wei Liu

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Mechanisms on regulatory coherence or good regulatory practices have emerged as one of the unique features of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the age of mega-regionalism. Led by the United States, for instance, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (‘TPP’), now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (‘CPTPP’) introduces a standalone chapter that focuses on the domestic rule-making process. Such design is unique for it goes beyond traditional output-oriented proxies by including a set of input-oriented elements that apply to the rulemaking process of each party, before a regulatory action is taken. These elements, like transparency, public consultation, regulatory …


Combating The Anti-Trade Movement: Evaluating The Trans-Pacific Partnership’S Place In International Patent Law, William G. Adams Jan 2018

Combating The Anti-Trade Movement: Evaluating The Trans-Pacific Partnership’S Place In International Patent Law, William G. Adams

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

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