In this paper, we examine the territoriality principle under preferential rules of origin. The territoriality principle under preferential rules of origin provides that when a material is imported from outside the territory of a party, the material would be entirely treated as non-originating...

This paper examines how preferential rules of origin that operate under Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) can be utilized to help developing countries. Under the standard territoriality principle, products imported from countries outside of a RTA territory will be treated as non-originating. A...

This article examines how the GATT Article XXIV regional trade agreement (RTA) exception can be strengthened to curb the proliferation of RTAs that maintain questionable levels of trade liberalization. The lack of rigorous application of the ‘substantially all the trade' requirement and the...

Restrictive preferential rules of origin cause producers in RTAs to source intermediate materials from RTA partners instead of non-parties in order to meet the rules of origin requirements. For RTAs concluded under Article XXIV, restrictive preferential rules of origin open doors to selective...

In this chapter, I review Korea's legislative framework of free trade agreement negotiations and administration of FTAs. In particular, focus is on the trade in goods, including the administration of rules of origin and tariff reduction chapters of enacted FTAs. The first part of this paper...