1st Edition

Law and Diplomacy in the Management of EU–Asia Trade and Investment Relations

Edited By Chien-Huei Wu, Frank Gaenssmantel Copyright 2020
276 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume fills a gap in the literature regarding questions around the interactive dynamics between law and diplomacy on international trade and investment. It brings together lawyers and political scientists from Europe and Asia in an interdisciplinary effort at tracing the respective roles of law and diplomacy in the relations of the European Union (EU) with its trade and investment... Read more

Introduction

Chien-Huei Wu and Frank Gaenssmantel

Part I: Conceptual Discussion and Historical Evolution

1. Managing International Economic Relations through Diplomacy and Law: Towards a Framework for Understanding External Policies of the European Union

Frank Gaenssmantel and Chien-Huei Wu

2. Judicial Diplomacy? The Role of the CJEU in EU-Asia Trade Disputes

Andrés Delgado Casteleiro

3. Law and Diplomacy in EU-China Trade Relations: A Historical Overview

Jappe Eckhart

4. EU-Asia Investors-States Disputes: Assertive Legalism for Economic and Political Autonomy

Leïla Choukroune

Part II: Law and Diplomacy in the Management of Disputes and Disagreements

5. Embedding Diplomacy in Formal Procedures: How the European Commission Navigated the Solar Panel Dispute with China

Frank Gaenssmantel

6. The China-EU Solar Panel Trade Dispute: Explaining Different Responses of the Member States

Shaofeng Chen

7. Disciplining Export Restrictions through Negotiation and Litigation

Chien-Huei Wu

8. The Limits of a Legal Approach in Resolving EU-China Trade Disputes on Non-Market Economy Status

Ching-Wen Hsueh

Part III: Diplomacy and the Creation of Law

9. Preventing Divergences from Becoming Disputes: The Elusive EU-China Investment Negotiations

Julien Chaisse, Qian Xu, Xueliang Ji

10. A Legal Approach for Trade Issues and a Diplomatic Approach for Non-Trade and Sustainability Issues? From the EUSFTA via the Singapore Opinion of the Court of Justice of the EU to the JEFTA

Herman Voogsgeerd

11. More than Words? Labour Standards in the Future EU-India FTA

Gerda van Roozendaal

12. New Trade Rule-Making regarding Sustainable Development in EU FTAs with Asian Countries

Yumiko Nakanishi

Conclusion

Chien-Huei Wu and Frank Gaenssmantel

Biography

Chien-huei Wu is associate research professor in Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.



Frank Gaenssmantel is assistant professor at the Department of International Relations and International Organisation at the University of Groningen, Netherlands.