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Research Paper
Published online: November 30, 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2015.8.2.01

Rising Mega RTA? China-Japan-Korea FTA under the New Trade Dynamism

Ying Bi
Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School,
51 Zhijiang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Corresponding Author: biying@zju.edu.cn

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Abstract

So far, eight rounds of China-Japan-Korea FTA negotiations have been conducted. From 2015 on, the negotiations are expected to make great progress. Accordingly, CJK FTA has drawn increasing attention of scholars from multidimensionality. Still, there lacks concerns over the possible arrangement of each specific issue under such framework. Building on prior scholarship, this paper attempts to view such fragmented debate from the perspective of building a new international economic order. It suggests a developing track for CJK FTA to consider in designing its details: WTO→CJK FTA→RCEP(OBOR)→TPP→A New Multilateral Order. Only by so viewing can the important trilateral FTA play an appropriate role in future regional and global governance, so as to obtain the Asian voice in restructuring the international rules. Based on that, this paper further exemplifies a possible stepping stone regarding regional antidumping regimes and proposes adopting the WTO ADA Plus in CJK FTA. Such a proposal would become a crucial 'blueprint' for restructuring the multilateral ADA mechanism.

Keywords : CJK FTA, RTA, RCEP, OBOR, TPP, WTO ADA Plus

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