Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

12-2018

Abstract

As a landmark achievement in the development of the China-Australia bilateral economic relations, the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (“ChAFTA”) achieves a higher level of liberalisation in education services compared with China's commitments under the World Trade Organisation and its other free trade agreements. However, the ChAFTA fails to relax the major regulatory barriers in China, which will remain the key obstacles to Australia's education services exports to China. Through a preliminary study and a regression analysis of the impacts of the ChAFTA on Australia's education exports to China based on available data, we show that the ChAFTA did not play a significant role in promoting the application and approval of Sino-Australian joint programmes but did contribute to the growth of international student enrolments from China. The effect of the ChAFTA is, at best, secondary to that of domestic regulation and tends to be greater in less regulated areas.

Keywords

China, Australia, free trade agreements, education services

Discipline

Asian Studies | Education Economics | International Trade Law

Research Areas

Public International Law, Regional and Trade Law

Publication

World Economy

Volume

41

Issue

12

First Page

3503

Last Page

3523

ISSN

0378-5920

Identifier

10.1111/twec.12736

Publisher

Wiley

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12736

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