Trade and human rights have long had a troubled relationship. The advent of new technologies such as internet further complicates the relationship. This article reviews the relationship between trade, technology and human rights in light of the recent dispute between Google and China from both...

While there has been an extensive literature on the challenge procedure of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) in general, as well as excellent country studies on the operation of the national challenge procedures of several key GPA Members, no such study has been conducted for Hong...

Since the very beginning, the P4 Agreement has been conceived as a catalyst for a broader free trade agreement (hereafter ‘FTA’) that would ultimately include most major economies in Asia Pacific. That’s why the Agreement includes an explicit clause that allows ‘any APEC economy or other...

Initially a hardly-noticed agreement, the TPP has become the hottest buzzword in the FTA game since the US-led group launched negotiations in 2010. What is the history of the TPP? Why did the US make it its top priority in trade policy? What are the promises and problems in the TPP negotiations?...

This paper challenges the widespread view that existing WTO rules are insufficient for dealing with state capitalism in China, which has been further emboldened by the latest rounds of state-owned enterprise (“SOE”) reforms. Through a careful review of WTO agreements and jurisprudence, it is...

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. It starts with the negotiating history, then discusses the major substantive obligations, and concludes with some thoughts on its economic impacts and future prospects

Compared with Europe and America, East Asia isa latecomer in the new gold-rush of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). In this process, China has played a significant role. This is not only due to the growing economic clout of China, but also because China has taken a conscious strategy to push for...

Data regulation has become a key issue in today’s world. For various reasons, however, it has been challenging to understand data regulations in China, home to the largest e-commerce market in the world. This paper traces the evolution of data and Internet regulation in China, from the early...