Regional mapping: Digital provisions play a key role in Asia Pacific agreements

• Main Author: GAO, Henry S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Consumer protection; Free trade; International economic relations; Electronic commerce; Technological innovations; Pacific Area; Asian Studies; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4053; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6011/viewcontent/informit.522332415717438.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

IT HAS become more commonplace for trade agreements in the Asia Pacific to include a variety of digital trade provisions. To understand the salient features of these agreements, it is helpful to map out their main baseline features. Doing so also indicates where digital trade agreements may be going or need to go. This mapping covers all free trade agreements (FTAs) with chapters on e-commerce or digital trade since 2000 by the main players in the region-China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.