Shintaro Hamanaka is an Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He also holds the position of Honorary Research Fellow at White Rose East Asia Centre in the United Kingdom (UK). In the Office of Regional Economic Integration of ADB, he is currently responsible for economic and political analysis of regional trade and investment integration in the Asia-Pacific, including FTAs and bilateral investment treaties. He also designs and organizes ADB trade and investment capacity building projects. Before joining ADB, he served as a service negotiator for the Doha Round at the Japanese Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. Prior to this, he was an economist at the Bank of Japan (BOJ), where he was involved in macroeconomic research and policymaking on international financial relations. His research interests include international political economy; global and regional economic governance; political economy of regionalism; regional economic architecture in Asia; and FTAs, particularly regional services agreements. He has authored several books and numerous academic journal articles in the fields of political science, international relations, economics, and international law. He holds a BA from Kyoto University and a PhD from the University of Sheffield.

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• Introduction: Multilateralism - Regionalism Compatibility Issues; From Open Regionalism to Multilateralizing Regionalism: How Can We Analyze FTA's Compatibility with the WTO System?; Free Trade Agreements in Goods: Is Asia's Trade Bilateralism in Tariff Reduction Compatible with the WTO Norms?; Regional Approaches to Trade Facilitation: Are Regional Trade Facilitation Measures Discriminatory Against Non-Members?; Regional Services Agreement: What is the Value of GATs-Plus Regional Services Agreements?; Technical Assistance Under FTAs: Do FTAs Impose WTO-Plus Technical Assistance Obligations Under FTAs?; Conclusion: Policies to Make Trade Regionalism Further WTO-Friendly.

Shintaro Hamanaka is an Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He also holds the position of Honorary Research Fellow at White Rose East Asia Centre in the United Kingdom (UK). In the Office of Regional Economic Integration of ADB, he is currently responsible for economic and political analysis of regional trade and investment integration in the Asia-Pacific, including FTAs and bilateral investment treaties. He also designs and organizes ADB trade and investment capacity building projects. Before joining ADB, he served as a service negotiator for the Doha Round at the Japanese Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. Prior to this, he was an economist at the Bank of Japan (BOJ), where he was involved in macroeconomic research and policymaking on international financial relations. His research interests include international political economy; global and regional economic governance; political economy of regionalism; regional economic architecture in Asia; and FTAs, particularly regional services agreements. He has authored several books and numerous academic journal articles in the fields of political science, international relations, economics, and international law. He holds a BA from Kyoto University and a PhD from the University of Sheffield.

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• Introduction: Multilateralism - Regionalism Compatibility Issues; From Open Regionalism to Multilateralizing Regionalism: How Can We Analyze FTA's Compatibility with the WTO System?; Free Trade Agreements in Goods: Is Asia's Trade Bilateralism in Tariff Reduction Compatible with the WTO Norms?; Regional Approaches to Trade Facilitation: Are Regional Trade Facilitation Measures Discriminatory Against Non-Members?; Regional Services Agreement: What is the Value of GATs-Plus Regional Services Agreements?; Technical Assistance Under FTAs: Do FTAs Impose WTO-Plus Technical Assistance Obligations Under FTAs?; Conclusion: Policies to Make Trade Regionalism Further WTO-Friendly.

Shintaro Hamanaka is an Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He also holds the position of Honorary Research Fellow at White Rose East Asia Centre in the United Kingdom (UK). In the Office of Regional Economic Integration of ADB, he is currently responsible for economic and political analysis of regional trade and investment integration in the Asia-Pacific, including FTAs and bilateral investment treaties. He also designs and organizes ADB trade and investment capacity building projects. Before joining ADB, he served as a service negotiator for the Doha Round at the Japanese Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. Prior to this, he was an economist at the Bank of Japan (BOJ), where he was involved in macroeconomic research and policymaking on international financial relations. His research interests include international political economy; global and regional economic governance; political economy of regionalism; regional economic architecture in Asia; and FTAs, particularly regional services agreements. He has authored several books and numerous academic journal articles in the fields of political science, international relations, economics, and international law. He holds a BA from Kyoto University and a PhD from the University of Sheffield.

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• Introduction: Multilateralism - Regionalism Compatibility Issues; From Open Regionalism to Multilateralizing Regionalism: How Can We Analyze FTA's Compatibility with the WTO System?; Free Trade Agreements in Goods: Is Asia's Trade Bilateralism in Tariff Reduction Compatible with the WTO Norms?; Regional Approaches to Trade Facilitation: Are Regional Trade Facilitation Measures Discriminatory Against Non-Members?; Regional Services Agreement: What is the Value of GATs-Plus Regional Services Agreements?; Technical Assistance Under FTAs: Do FTAs Impose WTO-Plus Technical Assistance Obligations Under FTAs?; Conclusion: Policies to Make Trade Regionalism Further WTO-Friendly.