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Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Negotiating free-trade agreements: a guide (2005)
Walter Goode
http://www.apecsec.org.sg/apec/publications/free_downloads/2005.MedialibDownload.v1.html?url=/etc/medialib/apec_media_library/downloads/otherfora_initiatives/fta_rta.Par.0001.File.v1.1
[full-text, 155 pages]

[excerpt]
This guide is a practical introduction to the negotiation of free trade
agreements. It is aimed particularly at those who may be
involved in such negotiations for the first time, and it seeks to
explain the main negotiating steps needed to arrive at an agreement
and to make it enter into force.


Contents
Preface
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1. Before the negotiations begin...1
2. The APEC best-practice principles...19
3. The multilateral rules for free-trade agreements...23
4. Trade in goods...31
5. Rules of origin...43
6. Trade facilitation...55
7. Trade in services...63
8. Investment...75
9. Business mobility...85
10. Government procurement...89
11. The rest of the agreement...93
12. Preparing the agreement for entry into force...103
13. Hints on drafting the agreement...107
Appendix 1: Excerpt from GATT Article XXIV...111
Appendix 2: Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994...113
Appendix 3: Article V of the General Agreement on Trade in Services...117
Appendix 4: WTO: Common Declaration with Regard to
Preferential Rules of Origin...119
Appendix 5: a stylised free-trade agreement...121
Appendix 6: the vocabulary of rules of origin...135
Appendix 7: web-based resources...139
Bibliography 140

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