Lectures on FTAs and RTAs

Preface

Lecture 1 The Basic concepts concerning Multilateralism
1. The history of Multilateralism (ITO－GATT－Rounds－WTO)
2. WTO Agreements as Multilateral Trade Agreements
3. Chronology of the WTO

Lecture 2 The Basic Concepts concerning Regionalism and Regional Trade Agreements
1. Questions on Regionalism
2. Regionalism and Regional Trade Agreements
3. The Motivations for Regional Trade Agreements
4. The effect of Regional Trade Agreements
5. Different Stages of Regional Trade Agreements
6. Is it a ‘spaghetti－bowl’ or a ‘carrot’? － Two opinions on Regional Trade Agreements

Lecture 3 The Trends of Regional Trade Agreements
1. The analysis of Regional Trade Agreements by type of agreement
2. Main characteristics of recent Regional Trade Agreements
3. The two waves in history and the third wave of the proliferation

Lecture 4 The Map of Regional Trade Agreement networks
1. Overview of the map and the networks
2. The two traditional pivots of RTAs－Europe and American Continent
3. Opening eyes and breaking the pivots－Asian and Pacific Countries
4. Strengthening the relationships with the pivots or constructing own RTAs?－The other regions

Lecture 5 WTO rules on Regional Trade Agreements
1. The Provisions of the WTO Agreement on Regional Trade Agreements
2. Article XXIV of the GATT 1947－Before the Uruguay Round
3. Article XXIV of the GATT 1994－With the Understanding

Lecture 6 Notification and Regulation of Regional Trade Agreements
1. The obligation to notify
2. Work of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA)
3. Doha Round negotiations and Transparency Mechanism

Lecture 7 RTA Cases in WTO Dispute Settlement System－1
1. Overview of the WTO cases regarding RTAs
2. Turkey－Restrictions on Imports of Textile and Clothing Products case
3. Argentina－Safeguard Measures on Imports of Footwear case

Lecture 8 RTA Cases in WTO Dispute Settlement System－2
4. Three Safeguards cases involving the United States－the principle of ‘Parallelism’
5. US－Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Circular Welded Carbon Quality Line Pipe from Korea Case
6. Two cases on Domestic regulations under RTAs－NAFTA and MERCOSUR

Lecture 9 Regional Trade Agreements of China
1. RTA Policy of China
2. Asia－Pacific Trade Agreement (Bangkok Agreement)
3. China－ASEAN FTA
4. China－Hong Kong/Macao CEPA
5. China－Chile FTA
6. China－Pakistan FTA

Lecture 10 Regional Trade Agreements of Korea
1. RTA Policy of Korea
2. Korea－Chile FTA
3. Korea－Singapore FTA
4. Korea－EFTA FTA
5. Korea－ASEAN FTA
6. Korea－US FTA

Lecture 11 Regional Trade Agreements of Japan
1. RTA Policy of Japan
2. Japan－Singapore EPA
3. Japan－Mexico EPA
4. Japan－Malaysia EPA
5. Japan－Chile EPA

Lecture 12 Vision for the CJK FTA in Northeast Asia

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