 Current State of Diversity and Complexity of Preferential Rules of Origin and Moves toward Convergence: —Role of Multilateral Frameworks in Simplification of Preferential Rules of Origin—Jitsuya Hasegawa
Public Policy Review, 2020, vol. 16, issue 5, 1-39 Abstract: While the impact of the growing diversity and complexity of preferential rules of origin (RoO) due to the development of free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic partnership agreements (EPAs) is attracting attention, there are moves to achieve the convergence of complex preferential RoO in light of the experiences gained by individual countries through the enforcement of RoO under FTAs/EPAs, and the geographical expansion of FTAs/EPAs and the development of mega-FTAs/EPAs. This paper examines the current state of diversity and complexity of RoO and the moves toward convergence by conducting a comparative analysis of RoO under EPAs concluded by Japan and FTAs concluded by major countries with respect to a selection of typical products in major sectors and considers whether it is possible to simplify RoO in order to reduce the diversity and complexity. It also considers what role multilateral frameworks, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), can play in the simplification of RoO. Keywords: rules of origin; preferential rules of origin; FTAs; EPAs (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mof:journl:ppr16_05_06 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Public Policy Review from Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan Contact information at EDIRC. |
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