04990nam 2200625 450 991079686590332120230320222716.01-78660-788-3(CKB)4100000004820702(MiAaPQ)EBC5398271(EXLCZ)99410000000482070220180615d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTomorrow's silk road assessing an EU-China free trade agreement /Jacques Pelkmans , and Joseph FrancoisLondon :Rowman & Littlefield International,[2018]©20181 online resource (344 pages)1-78660-786-7 1-78660-787-5 Tomorrow's Silk Road; TABLE OF CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Executive Summary; Introduction; Part I. The Global and Bilateral Context; 1. Why an EU-China free trade area?; 1.1 The context for a free trade area study; 1.2 Is there a case for an EU-China FTA?; 2. China and the EU in a rapidly changing world economy; 2.1 Chinese weight as an EU trade partner: Anticipate 2030; 2.2 Competitiveness and reforms in the EU and China; 2.3 Comparing China and the EU's trade strategies: Multilateral, plurilateral and bilateral.3. Bilateral economic relations: Trade and investments4. Global value chains: Significance for the EU and China; Part II. Design and Substance of an EU-China FTA; 5. What would an EU-China FTA look like?; 6. Market access in industrial goods: An analysis of tariffs; 6.1 Analysing bilateral trade and its sectoral composition; 6.2 Industrial tariff profiles of the EU and China; 6.3 Where China and the EU differ: Tariff peaks; 7. Market access in goods: Trade defence remedies; 7.1 Relevance of trade defence for an FTA; 7.2 Recent bilateral application of trade defence.7.3 The 2017 revision of EU trade defence measures and the status of China8. Market access in agriculture: Tariffs and tariff-rate quotas; 8.1 Bilateral agro-food trade and its composition; 8.2 Tariff and TRQ barriers in bilateral agro-food trade; 8.3 Tariffs peaks in agro-food; 8.4 Tough barriers: Tariff rate quotas; 9. Technical barriers to trade; 9.1 Mapping bilateral TBTs and their scope; 9.2 TBTs between China and the EU: Empirical evidence at sector and product levels; 9.3 Transforming China's technical regulation, standards and conformity assessment.9.4 Some inferences about lowering TBTs in an EU-China FTA10. Reducing SPS barriers in an EU-China FTA; 10.1 Market access barriers of the Chinese SPS regime; 10.2 Concerns from China and WTO partners about EU SPS barriers; 10.3 Lowering SPS barriers in an EU-China FTA; 11. Market access in services: China and the EU; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Measuring the extent of market access in services: China and the EU; 11.3 Sectoral services market access: China and the EU; 11.4 Potential value added of an EU-China FTA, based on prior experiences; 12. Public procurement.12.1 China's offers to accede to the WTO GPA12.2 Barriers to EU public procurement as seen by Chinese investors in Europe; 12.3 Possible directions for EU-China negotiations on public procurement; 13. Intellectual property rights and geographical indications; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 EU-China IP Dialogue; 13.3 China's IPR legislation and enforcement; 13.4 IPR protection and enforcement measures in China's FTAs; 13.5 IPR protection and enforcement measures in EU FTAs; 13.6 Geographical Indications; 14. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and competition policy.The first comprehensive and in-depth economic and regulatory analysis of a possible Free Trade Area (FTA) between China and the EU.Free tradeMathematical modelsReciprocity (Commerce)ChinaForeign economic relationsEuropean Union countriesEuropean Union countriesForeign economic relationsChinaEuropean Union countriesCommerceChinaChinaCommerceEuropean Union countriesEuropean Union countriesEconomic policyChinaEconomic policyPays de l'Union européenneRelations économiques extérieuresChinePays de l'Union européenneCommerceChinePays de l'Union européennePolitique économiqueChinePolitique économiqueChinafastEuropean Union countriesfastFree tradeMathematical models.Reciprocity (Commerce)382.730724Pelkmans Jacques122453Francois Joseph F.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796865903321Tomorrow's silk road3867056UNINA