Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-2011
Abstract
This article examines legal and geopolitical aspects of the China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). It begins by analyzing areas in which the two governments’ measures contravene rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In particular, it provides the first detailed examination of the significant implications emerging from the ECFA for cross-straits trade relations and East Asian regionalism. The article also explains how the ECFA was modeled on free trade agreements (FTAs) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and assesses the impact of the ECFA’s early harvest program. Finally, the article discusses the ECFA’s consistency with WTO requirements for an interim FTA agreement and potential legal issues arising from the dispute settlement mechanism. In this respect, the article presents a valuable case study of an FTA.
Discipline
Asian Studies | International Trade Law | Law and Economics
Research Areas
Public International Law, Regional and Trade Law
Publication
Journal of International Economic Law
Volume
14
Issue
1
First Page
121
Last Page
156
ISSN
1369-3034
Identifier
10.1093/jiel/jgr009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
HSIEH, Pasha L..
The China-Taiwan ECFA, Geopolitical Dimensions and WTO Law. (2011). Journal of International Economic Law. 14, (1), 121-156.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1050
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgr009