On The Several Legal Problems Of Establishing China-ASEAN Free Trade Area

In recent years, the economic-trade cooperation relationship between China and ASEAN has continuously deepened, the field of cooperation has also continuously expanded, and the volume of bilateral trade has equally continued to increase. Under this background, the establishment of CAFTA will rapidly promote bilateral trade-economic cooperation development. This will not only benefit each ASEAN countries but also benefit China. It is also advantageous to the political stability and promotion of economic prosperity of the region. At present, the establishment of the CAFTA is moving on as expected and we can say that the progress has already entered the formal implement stage. In 2002,after the China and ASEAN signed an agreement 《The Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation》 ,the Early Harvest's product tariff reduction program have already started been carried out since 2004. In addition, the two sides still signed more agreements namely,《Rules of Origin for the CAFTA》,《Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation 》 , 《The Agreement on Dispute Settlement Mechanism》 and other law documents, and lay down some rules and system together. This has laid a solid foundation for establishment of CAFTA in the future. Agreements such as the 《Agreement on Trade in Goods》 and 《Agreement on Dispute Settlement Mechanism》 will remove the obstacle away from both sides to fonnally overall tariff reduction program in July of this year. This dissertation will focus on some law documents and the related rule and systems that both sides were signed and formulated, go deep into analysis and research on "the several legal problems of establishing CAFTA". In addition this dissertation will introduce the connection of Laos within the progress of the establishment of CAFTA, go deep into analysis and research on "to reduce the differences of development level between Laos and other ASEAN developed members, to promote CAFTA to set up on schedule, to achieve real meaning of integration of CAFTA" and other relevant problems.This dissertation is divided into five chapters. Chapter one is going to discuss about "the concept of regional economic integration, the law and regulation of ASEAN economic integration, the relationship between ASEAN and other countries outside their own region, the present situation on trade-economic cooperation between ASEAN-China, and other basic theories problems". Chapter two will discuss about" The law arrangement of the China-ASEAN relation, the necessity, the important meaning and the difficulties expected in establishing CAFTA". Chapter three will focus on research and expound on "the legal basis of establishing CAFTA by introducing and analyzing CAFTA's law foundation". Chapter four will introduce and analyze the concept characteristic and the content of CAFTA, and will also look on a series problems of establishing CAFTA "set up the rule and regulation of CAFTA, CAFTA's system and institutional selection, will also reflect on CAFTA's mode, the measure to promote the process of establishing CAFTA" and other related problems. Chapter five will look on "the legal countermeasure to deal with establishment CAFTA in Laos, reducing the differences of economic development level between Laos and other ASEAN developed members, to promote CAFTA to set up on time" and other relevant problems.