CHAPTER 2
NON-PLUS ASPECTS:
CONTENTS NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF FTA
¢¹ Relations between Plus and Non-plus Aspects
¢º The Authorization to Establish an FTA and the Requirements to Be Qualified as FTA
¢» Elements Necessarily to Be Included in an FTA under GATT 1994

CHAPTER 3
OPTIONAL CONTENTS FOR FTA AS NON-WTO-PLUS: EXCEPTIONS AND TRADE REMEDIES
¢¹ Those Allowed to Be Excluded from Trade Liberalization under Article XXIV:8
¢º Trade Remedy Rules in FTAs
¢» Legal Status of FTA Trade Remedies under GATT Article XXIV:8
¢¼ Legal Status of FTA Trade Remedies under GATT Article I
¢½ Legal Status of FTA Trade Remedies from the Perspective of WTO Trade Remedy Rules
¢¾ Legal Status of FTA Trade Remedies from the Perspective of WTO Appellate Body Reports
¢¿ Some Remarks on Trade Remedies as Optional Elements of FTA

CHAPTER 4
UNAUTHORIZED WTO-PLUS IN FTA:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRIPS-PLUS
¢¹ TRIPS-Plus Provisions Being Commonly Included in FTAs
¢º The Scope of the FTA Exceptions under GATT Article XXIV:5
¢» The Coverage and Standards of TRIPS Agreement
¢¼ Wider Use of TRIPS-Plus in FTAs and Their Different Types
¢½ Provisions Incorporating New Types of Intellectual Property and Their Legal Status
¢¾ Provisions Giving up Flexibilities and Their Legal Status
¢¿ Provisions Expanding the Contents of Protection and Their Legal Status
¢À The Extent of TRIPS-Plus in FTA Permitted under the WTO

CHAPTER 5
WTO-PLUS PROVISIONS IN FTA COVERED BY PLURILATERAL AGREEMENT: GPA-PLUS
¢¹ Government Procurement Matters under WTO
¢º Issues about Whether the Elimination of Restrictive Regulation on Government Procurement is Necessary for Forming an FTA
¢» GPA Provisions Affecting FTA Government Procurement Chapters
¢¼ Government Procurement Chapters as a GPA-Plus

CHAPTER 6
COMPETITION POLICY AS A WTO-PLUS IN FTA:
THE TREND OF INCLUDING COMPETITION CHAPTER IN FTA
¢¹ Some Trends of International Aspects of Competition Policy
¢º Earlier FTAs and the Lack of Competition Provisions
¢» The First Comprehensive Competition Chapter in an FTA: NAFTA
¢¼ More Recent Competition Chapters
¢½ Implications of Competition Chapters in FTA
¢¾ Competition Chapter as a WTO-Plus

CHAPTER 7
INVESTMENT MATTERS AS A WTO-PLUS IN FTA
¢¹ Introduction
¢º Recent Development of BITs and FTAs
¢» Comparison of the Contents of BIT with the Investment Chapter of FTAs
¢¼ Points to Be Drawn from the Comparison
¢½ Policy Choice for the Governments
¢¾ Investment Chapter as a WTO-Plus

CHAPTER 8
ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER AS A WTO-PLUS IN FTA
¢¹ Current Multilateral Environmental Protections and Their Limitations
¢º Origin and Reasons of FTA Dealing with Environmental Protection
¢» The Extent of Prevalence for FTAs Containing Environmental Provisions and Their Different Forms
¢¼ Different Forms for Including Environmental Provisions in FTAs
¢½ Elaboration on Some Key Environmental Provisions
¢¾ Environmental Chapter as a WTO-Plus and Paradigm Shift of Using Multi-bilateral FTAs as the Vehicle to Carry Out the Goal of Environmental Protection

CHAPTER 9
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WTO-PLUS IN FTA:
A HEALTH CHAPTER
¢¹ Introduction
¢º The Requirement of New IHR upon its Members to Engage in International Cooperation
¢» FTA Having Legal Status under the New IHR
¢¼ FTA and Health Matters
¢½ Reasons for FTA to Have a Health Chapter for Public Health Matters
¢¾ Health Matters that Can Be Covered by an FTA

CHAPTER 10
CONCLUSION

INDEX