Public International Law, Regional and Trade Law

The Public International law, Regional and Trade Law Cluster focuses on theoretical and substantive issues related to international and transnational law. It also studies trade and investment law, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of economic integration in ASEAN, Europe and Greater China. 

Research Cluster Coordinator

Associate Professor Pasha Hsieh
Email: pashahsieh@smu.edu.sg​​​​​​​

PUBLICATIONS


JOURNAL ARTICLES


Author ListPublication YearTitleJournal Name 
HSIEH, Pasha2019The quest for recognition: Taiwan’s military and trade agreements with Singapore under the One-China policyInternational Relations of the Asia-Pacific
GAO, Henry2018The WTO transparency obligations and ChinaJournal of Comparative Law
SHAFFER, Greg; GAO, Henry2018China’s rise: How it took on the U.S. at the WTOUniversity of Illinois Law Review
GAO, Henry S.2018Dictum on Dicta: Obiter Dicta in WTO disputesWorld Trade Review
GAO, Henry2018Regulation of digital trade in US Free Trade Agreements: From trade regulation to digital regulationLegal Issues of Economic Integration
HSIEH, Pasha2018Against populist isolationism: New Asian regionalism and global south powers in international economic lawCornell International Law Journal


BOOK CHAPTERS


Author ListPublication YearTitle
GAO, Henry2019Dispute settlement provisions in ASEAN’s external economic agreements with China, Japan and Korea
GAO, Henry; SHAFFER, Greg2019From paternalism to partnership: The development of WTO law capacity in China
CHEN, Christopher2019Taiwan
GAO, Henry2019The WTO’s transparency obligations and China
SHAFFER, Greg; GAO, Henry2019Changing internally to engage externally: China and the WTO
HSU, Locknie2019Asia: Investment law and agreements in the Asian regional context

2019The Role of International Organizations in Promoting Effective Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century

2019Legal Obstacles to Trade and Investment in ASEAN
HSIEH, Pasha Li-Tian2019Rethinking the RECP in the third regionalism: Paradigm shifts in world trade law?
YIP, Man2019Pro-development dispute resolution mechanisms and norms for investment and commercial disputes in ASEAN
CHEN, Christopher2018ASEAN financial integration and the Belt and Road Initiative: Legal challenges and opportunities for China in Southeast Asia
GAO, Henry S.2018The regulation of digital trade in the TPP:  New trade rules for the digital age
HSU, Locknie2018An Asian view on the CETA Investment Chapter
HSIEH, Pasha L.2018ASEAN trade in service