FTA Project Case Studies

Abstract

This chapter presents eight case study analyses on some of most important free trade agreement (FTA) projects to have emerged within the Asia-Pacific in recent years. They have been selected as a representative sample of FTAs that have thus far emerged across the region as a whole. The FTA projects chosen are as follows:

• Australia-US FTA (AUSFTA)

• ASEAN-China FTA (ACFTA)

• China’s Closer Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) with Hong Kong and Macao (HKCCEPA, MCCEPA)

• Thailand-Australia FTA (TAFTA)

• Japan-Mexico FTA (JMFTA)

• South Korea-Chile FTA (KCFTA)

• US-Singapore FTA (USSFTA)

• Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPSEPA)

These individual FTA case study analyses offer their own special perspectives on the political economic interactions between different sets of Asia-Pacific countries, and thereby insights into the heterogeneous nature of FTAs in the region.