In April 2014 I participated in a joint Center for International Law, National University of Singapore Law School (NUS Law) and Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam plenary in Hanoi. We focused on developing teaching materials on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
In the interests of promoting the teaching of AEC law, within and without ASEAN, I am posting below the syllabus for my Law and Policy of the ASEAN Economic Community course that I teach at NUS Law School (and the first AEC law course in the world). I hope that other academics can feel free to add or modify this syllabus; not everyone is going to teach this course in the same way.
Additionally, Stefano Inama of UNCTAD and I have a forthcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2015, entitled The Foundation of the ASEAN Economic Community: An Institutional and Legal Profile (we also cover services, investment and other aspects of the AEC), which builds upon many of the topics I’ve discussed in this blog, but in a more rigorous manner (we also have a book on the rules of origin used in the ASEAN free trade agreements, also due to come out in 2015 from Cambridge University Press).
So to all those interested in studying the AEC, we wish you the best in your academic endeavors. This is a field well worth studying.
Law and Policy of the ASEAN Economic Community (Syllabus)
Edmund W. Sim
Adjunct Associate Professor and Partner, Appleton Luff
I. Introduction to ASEAN
1. The ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration), http://www.aseansec.org/1212.htm
2. Rodolfo C. Severino, ASEAN, Southeast Asia Background Series No. 10 (ISEAS Publications, 2008)
3. ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint, http://www.aseansec.org/5187-10.htm
4. ASEAN Studies Centre, ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint (ISEAS Publications, 2009)
a. Chapter I: ASEAN Roundtable 2008: ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
5. Cha-am Hua Hin Declaration on the Roadmap for the ASEAN Community (2009-2015), http://www.aseansec.org/22331.htm
6. Rodolfo C. Severino, Southeast Asia in Search of an ASEAN Community: Insights from the Former ASEAN Secretary-general (ISEAS Publishing, 2006)
a. Chapter 5: Integrating the Regional Economy (pp. 212-255)
7. Michael G. Plummer and Chia Siow Yee, eds., Realizing the ASEAN Economic Community: A Comprehensive Assessment (ISEAS Publishing, 2009)
a. Chapter I: Introduction
II. ASEAN institutions
1. Basic documents
1) Declaration of ASEAN Concord II, http://www.aseansec.org/15159.htm
2) ASEAN Charter sections
2. Organizational structure of Secretariat, Councils, Summit
1) Summit
2) Councils
3) Secretariat
3. K S Sandhu, Sharon Siddique, Chandran Jeshurun, Ananda Rajah, Joseph L H Tan, and Pushpa Thambipillai, complied, The ASEAN Reader (ISEAS Publishing, reprinted 2003)
III. ASEAN Charter
1. ASEAN Charter, http://www.aseansec.org/21829.htm
2. EPG Report on the Charter, http://www.aseansec.org/19247.pdf
3. Cebu Declaration on the Blueprint of the ASEAN Charter, http://www.aseansec.org/19257.htm.
4. Tommy Koh, Rosario G. Manalo, and Walter Woon, eds, The Making of the ASEAN Charter (World Scientific Publishing, 2009)
5. Simon S. C. Tay, “The ASEAN Charter: Between National Sovereignty and the Region’s Constitutional Moment” (2008) 12 Singapore Year Book of International Law 151-170
6. Michael Ewing-Chow, “Translating the Design into a Bloc: The Domestic Implementation of the ASEAN Charter” in S. Tiwari, ed., ASEAN: Life after the Charter (ISEAS Publishing, 2010)
7. Tommy Koh, “ASEAN at Forty: Perception and Reality” in Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2008-2009 (ISEAS Publishing, 2008)
IV. Early Attempts at ASEAN Economic Integration
1. 1987 Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects, http://www.aseansec.org/6373.htm
1) ASEAN Urea Project, http://www.aseansec.org/6375.htm
2) ASEAN Potash Mining Project, http://www.aseansec.org/6384.htm
2. 1987 Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures, http://www.aseansec.org/1366.htm
1) Amended, http://www.aseansec.org/6380.htm
2) Revised, http://www.aseansec.org/6381.htm
3. 1996 Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industry Joint Ventures , http://www.asean.org/6385.htm
4. AICO
1) Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation, http://www.aseansec.org/6377.htm
2) Memorandum of Understanding Brand-to-Brand Complementation on the Automotive Industry under the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation, http://www.aseansec.org/6382.htm
3) Basic Agreement on the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Scheme, Apr. 26, 1996, http://www.aseansec.org/6400.htm.
4) Protocol to Amend the Basic Agreement on the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Scheme, http://www.asean.org/16333.htm
5) AICO Reader
V. ATIGA
1. Agreement On The Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme For The ASEAN Free Trade Area, http://www.aseansec.org/1164.htm
2. Framework Agreements on Enhancing ASEAN Economic Cooperation, http://www.aseansec.org/12374.htm
3. Protocol for the Accession of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Framework Agreements on Enhancing ASEAN Economic Cooperation, http://www.aseansec.org/12372.htm
4. Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreements on Enhancing ASEAN Economic Cooperation, http://www.aseansec.org/12369.htm.
5. Protocol on Notification Procedures, http://www.aseansec.org/12367.htm
6. ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement http://www.aseansec.org/22223.pdf
7. “Rules of Origin,” AFTA Reader, Vol. 1, Nov. 1993, http://www.aseansec.org/10149.htm.
8. Operational Certification Procedures for the Rules of Origin of the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for ASEAN Free Trade Area,” AFTA Reader. Vol. 1, Nov. 1993, http://www.aseansec.org/10148.htm.
9. Agreement to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window, http://www.aseansec.org/18005.htm.
10. Protocol to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window,
11. Paul Davidson, “The Role of International Law in the Governance of International Economic Relationships in ASEAN” (2008) 12 Singapore Year Book of International Law 213–224
12. Kanya Satyani Sasradipoera , “ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA)” in S. Tiwari, ed., ASEAN: Life after the Charter (ISEAS Publishing, 2010)
13. David Parsons, “Challenges to Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community” in S. Tiwari, ed., ASEAN: Life after the Charter (ISEAS Publishing, 2010)
14. Peter J. Lloyd, “What is a Single Market? An Application to the Case of ASEAN” in Denis Hew Wei, ed., Brick by Brick – the Building of an ASEAN Economic Community (ISEAS Publishing, 2007)
VI. Other ASEAN economic agreements
1. Investment
1) Agreement among the Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Thailand for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, http://www.aseansec.org/6464.htm
2) Protocol to amend the ASEAN Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, http://www.asean.org/6465.htm
3) Framework Agreement on the ASEAN Investment Area, http://www.aseansec.org/6466.htm.
4) ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, http://www.14thaseansummit.org/pdf/Outcome_Document/ASEAN%20Compre%20Invest%20Agreement.pdf
5) Michael R. Reading, “The Bilateral Investment Treaty in ASEAN: A Comparative Analysis” (1992) 42 Duke Law Journal 679-705
6) Yap Lai Peng, “The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement 2009: Its Objectives, Plans and Progress” in S. Tiwari, ed., ASEAN: Life after the Charter (ISEAS Publishing, 2010)
7) M. Sornarajah and Rajenthran Arumugam, “An Overview of the Foreign Direct Investment Jurisprudence” in Denis Hew Wei, ed., Brick by Brick – the Building of an ASEAN Economic Community (ISEAS Publishing, 2007)
2. Services
1) Overview: http://www.aseansec.org/6626.htm
2) ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services: http://www.aseansec.org/6628.htm
3) Protocol to Amend the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services: http://www.aseansec.org/AFAS_Amendment_Protocol.pdf.
4) ASEAN Sectoral Integration Protocol for the Logistics Services Sector: http://www.aseansec.org/20881.htm
a. Appendix 1 – Roadmap for the Integration of Logistics Services: http://www.aseansec.org/20883.pdf
5) Roy Clogstoun, Ray Trewin, and Malcolm Bosworth, “Would Emergency Safeguard Measures Work for Services” (2006) 20 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 56-69
3. ASEAN Framework Agreement on Mutual Recognition Agreements http://www.aseansec.org/6674.htm
4. Agreement on ASEAN Energy Cooperation, http://www.aseansec.org/6570.htm
5. ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation, http://www.aseansec.org/24526.htm
6. Transport
1) ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Inter-State Transport, http://www.aseansec.org/19867.htm
2) ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services, http://www.aseansec.org/22628.htm
3) ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on the Full Liberalisation of Air Freight Services, http://www.aseansec.org/22621.htm
4) ASEAN framework Agreement on Multimodal Transport, http://www.aseansec.org/17877.htm
5) ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit, http://www.aseansec.org/7377.htm
7. Finance
1) Overview: http://www.aseansec.org/6319.htm
2) Protocol to implement the 2nd Package of Commitments on Financial Services under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services: http://www.aseansec.org/pdf/fin1.pdf
a. Horizontal Commitments: http://www.aseansec.org/pdf/fin2.pdf
b. Schedule of Specific Commitments: http://www.aseansec.org/pdf/fin3.pdf
c. List of MFN Exemptions: http://www.aseansec.org/pdf/fin1.pdf
3) Protocol to Implement the 3rd Package of Commitments on Financial Services under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Service: http://www.aseansec.org/20368.pdf
a. Schedule of Specific Commitments: http://www.aseansec.org/20369.pdf
4) Protocol to Implement the 4th Package of Commitments on Financial Services under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services: http://www.aseansec.org/agreements/AEC/Finance/Protocol-4th-round.pdf
a. Schedule of Specific Commitments: http://www.aseansec.org/agreements/AEC/Finance/Protocol-4th-round-schedule.pdf
5) 1997 Ministerial Understanding on ASEAN Finance Cooperation in Finance http://www.aseansec.org/6306.htm
6) Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangements http://www.aseansec.org/1388.htm
a. Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement: http://www.aseansec.org/6299.htm
b. Amendments to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement: http://www.aseansec.org/6300.htm
c. Third Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement: http://www.aseansec.org/6301.htm
d. Fourth Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement: http://www.aseansec.org/6302.htm
e. Fifth Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement: http://www.aseansec.org/6305.htm
7) Chiang Mai Initiative http://www.mof.go.jp/english/if/regional_financial_cooperation.htm
VII. Trade remedies
1. WTO antidumping agreement
2. Indonesian, Singaporean and Thai antidumping legislation
3. Sample AD case materials (I have some of these)
1) BOPP from Thailand (Indonesian AD )
2) Mosquito Coils from Indonesia (Philippine AD)
3) Reinforcing Bar from Malaysia (Singapore AD)
4. Safeguard clauses in ASEAN FTAs, WTO, etc.
5. WTO SCM agreement and ASEAN legislation
VIII. Dispute resolution
1. ASEAN Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, http://www.aseansec.org/8007.htm
2. Protocol on Dispute Settlement Mechanism, http://www.aseansec.org/16654.htm
3. Protocol to Amend the 1987 Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, http://www.aseansec.org/6465.htm.
4. ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism, http://www.aseansec.org/16754.htm
5. Protocol to the ASEAN Charter on Dispute Settlement, http://cil.nus.edu.sg/2010/2010-protocol-to-the-asean-charter-on-dispute-settlement-mechanisms/
6. Yaung Chi Oo Trading Pte. Ltd. v. Government of Myanmar, 42 ILM 540 (2003).
7. Thailand-Customs and Fiscal Measures on Cigarettes from the Philippines, WT/DS/371 (Feb. 7, 2008) (panel report)
8. Malaysia-Prohibition of Imports of Polyethylene and Polypropylene, WT/DS/1 (Jan. 10, 1995) (Request for Consultation by Singapore; Request for Establishment of Panel; Communication from Malaysia).
9. ASEAN Charter sections
10. Walter Woon, “The ASEAN Charter Dispute Settlement Mechanisms”, in Tommy Koh, Rosario G. Manalo, and Walter Woon, eds, The Making of the ASEAN Charter (World Scientific Publishing, 2009)
11. Relevant FTA sections
1) ASEAN-Korea FTA DSM, http://www.aseansec.org/18129.htm
2) ASEAN-China, http://www.aseansec.org/16635.htm
3) ASEAN-India, http://www.aseansec.org/16635.htm
4) ASEAN-Australia-NZ sections
5) ASEAN-Japan sections
12. Michael Ewing-Chow, “Culture Club or Chameleon: Should ASEAN Adopt Legalization for Economic Integration?” (2008) 12 Singapore Year Book of International Law 225-237
IX. Deviation from ASEAN Agreements
1. Protocol on the Special Arrangement for Sensitive and Highly Sensitive Products, http://www.aseansec.org/1207.htm
2) First Protocol to Amend the Protocol on Special Arrangements on Sensitive and Highly Sensitive Products, http://www.aseansec.org/22976.pdf
2. Protocol Regarding the Implementation of the CEPT Scheme Temporary Exclusion list, http://www.aseansec.org/12365.htm
3. Documents related to delay in CEPT for car imports into Malaysia
4. Documents related to Indonesia’s request to renegotiate ACFTA
5. Joseph Weiler, “The Transformation of Europe” (1991) 100 The Yale Law Journal (No. 8 Symposium: International Law) 2403-2483
X. ASEAN’s relations with other countries and institutions (FTAs, coordination overseas, legal personality of ASEAN)
1. ASEAN Committees Abroad, http://www.aseansec.org/20062.htm
2. ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA, http://www.aseansec.org/22260.pdf
3. ASEAN-China agreements on trade in goods, http://www.aseansec.org/16646.htm, and in services, http://www.aseansec.org/documents/acfta/TIS/ASEAN-CHINA-TIS.pdf, and in investment, http://www.aseansec.org/19105.htm
4. ASEAN-India agreement on trade in goods, http://www.aseansec.org/22677.pdf
5. ASEAN-Japan EPA, http://www.aseansec.org/agreements/AJCEP/Agreement.pdf
6. ASEAN-Korea FTA on goods http://www.aseansec.org/akfta.htm, services, http://www.aseansec.org/21111.pdf and investment, http://www.aseansec.org/22973.pdf
7. Singapore FTAs
1) Singapore- India, http://www.fta.gov.sg/fta_ceca.asp?hl=6
2) Singapore- Japan, http://www.fta.gov.sg/fta_jsepa.asp?hl=7
3) Singapore-Korea, http://www.fta.gov.sg/fta_ksfta.asp?hl=22
4) Singapore- China, http://www.fta.gov.sg/fta_csfta.asp?hl=27
8. Simon Chesterman, “Does ASEAN Exist? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations as an International Legal Person” (2008) 12 Singapore Year Book of International Law 199-211
9. Michael Ewing-Chow, “Southeast Asia and Free Trade Agreement: WTO Plus or Bust?” (2004) 8 Singapore Year Book of International Law 193-206
10. Saw See-Hock, ed., ASEAN-China Economic Relations (ISEAS Publishing, 2006)
11. Sueo Sudo, Evolution of ASEAN-Japan Relations (ISEAS Publishing, 2005)
12. Nagesh Kumar, Rahul Sen and Mukul G. Asher, eds. India-ASEAN Economic Relations: Meeting the Challenges of Globalization (ISEAS Publishing, 2005)
13. Razeen Sally, Southeast Asia in the WTO (ISEAS Publishing, 2004)
