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This chapter explains the emergence of regulatory regionalism in Southeast Asia. Departing from traditional treatments of regionalism as limited by the reluctance of states to cede sovereignty to supranational bodies, it argues that new forms of regional governance are being enabled by the emergence of regulatory statehood. Authority and decision-making are increasingly being relocated to regional spaces of governance, and domestic institutions are being reworked to impose international disciplines on domestic societies. However, this process is always contested by forces rooted in evolving political economy contexts, shaping the form, content and efficacy of regional governance. This is demonstrated with reference to the ASEAN Economic Community and other examples of economic governance.
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As Bickerton (2012) argues, this is essentially how the EU operates. Hence, there is a stronger parallel between ASEAN and the EU than most analysts realise.
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The AEC only seeks to liberalise short-term professional labour migration to facilitate trade in services. On the more significant flows of non-professional workers, see Gerard and Bal, this volume.
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Protectionism does not necessarily account for all NTBs. Ing et al. (2016) suggest that some stem from a desirable tightening of consumer protection regulations, with 31.3% of NTBs emerging from health ministries. Nonetheless, even “safety” regulations can easily be manipulated for protectionist purposes: see, e.g., Li and Beghin (2017).
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Jones, L., Hameiri, S. (2020). Southeast Asian Regional Governance: Political Economy, Regulatory Regionalism and ASEAN Integration. In: Carroll, T., Hameiri, S., Jones, L. (eds) The Political Economy of Southeast Asia. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28255-4_8
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