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...

This book chapter offers a comprehensive review of the free trade agreement between China and ASEAN ("ACFTA"), focusing on the rules concerning tariff reduction (including the Early Harvest Programme), trade in services, dispute resolution, as well as the progress on the negotiations on...

This paper examines China's recent movement in negotiating and signing regional trade agreements (RTAs) in the context of the regionalism versus multilateralism debate in international trade law, focusing on the China-Hong Kong Closer Economic Arrangement (CEPA) and the proposed China-ASEAN Free...