ASEAN Law in the New Regional Economic Order

Part I. ASEAN Agreements in the Global Context: 1. ASEAN law in the new regional economic order: an introductory roadmap to the ASEAN Economic Community Pasha L. Hsieh and Bryan Mercurio; 2. The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement: the evolution and regional implications Minh Hue Nguyen, Deborah Elms and Lavanya N.; 3. Building towards the RCEP? Reflections on the ASEAN-China FTA Heng Wang; 4. The dispute settlement mechanism in ASEAN's external agreements with China, Japan and Korea Henry Gao; Part II. Services Trade and Financial Integration: 5. Moving towards liberalization: the ATISA and beyond Bryan Mercurio; 6. Challenges of ASEAN MRAs on professional qualifications Yoshifumi Fukunaga; 7. Banking integration in ASEAN and the challenges of regulatory cooperation Federico Lupo-Pasini; 8. The shifting sands of capital market development and integration in ASEAN: the case of the Phillipines and Indonesia Michelle Dy; 9. Transnational legal services in Asia: legal implications of the AEC and the CPTPP Pasha L. Hsieh; 10. ASEAN air transport integration and liberalization: a slow but practical model Jae Woon Lee; Part III. Investment Liberalization and Protection: 11. Investment liberalization in ASEAN: moving from myths to reality Sufian Jusoh; 12. The ACIA: much more than a bit of protection for foreign investors? Julien Chaisse; 13. Fragmented approaches to investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in intra-ASEAN and extra-ASEAN investment treaties Trinh Hai Yen; 14. Pro-development dispute resolution mechanisms and norms for investments and commercial disputes in ASEAN Yip Man; 15. The AEC and regulatory reforms in CLMV countries with a special focus on Myanmar Nimnual Piewthongngam; Part IV. Intellectual Property, Digital Trade and Consumer Protection: 16. Free movement of goods and intellectual property exhaustion in ASEAN: a roadblock in the ASEAN way Irene Caboli; 17. Legal and regulatory challenges to facilitating e-commerce in ASEAN Eliza Mik; 18. Data localization and digital trade barriers: ASEAN in mega-regionalism Han-Wei Liu; 19. Consumer contracts and product safety law in Southeast Asia: partly trading up? Luke Nottage and Jeannie Paterson; 20. Conclusion: realizing the AEC Blueprint 2025 Pasha L. Hsieh and Bryan Mercurio.