Regulations and International Trade : New Sustainability Challenges for East Asia

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This book evaluates the evolution of regulatory policy in advanced countries and discusses how policy changes in one country can affect other nations in a globalized world. Separated in two parts, the first half of the book focuses on policy in developed countries and regulatory diffusion from Europe to Asia. The second part looks at the business impact of policy developments in a number of Southeast Asian countries. Key chapters discuss Asia's response to EU chemical regulations, the diffusion of private food standards, and the effect of chemical regulations in Malaysia, Vietnam, and Japan. These contributions are written by leading scholars in the field and the book is likely to be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers concerned with regulation changes in East Asia. Read more... Abstract: This book evaluates the evolution of regulatory policy in advanced countries and discusses how policy changes in one country can affect other nations in a globalized world. Separated in two parts, the first half of the book focuses on policy in developed countries and regulatory diffusion from Europe to Asia. The second part looks at the business impact of policy developments in a number of Southeast Asian countries. Key chapters discuss Asia's response to EU chemical regulations, the diffusion of private food standards, and the effect of chemical regulations in Malaysia, Vietnam, and Japan. These contributions are written by leading scholars in the field and the book is likely to be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers concerned with regulation changes in East Asia Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: New Sustainability Challenges for East Asia (Etsuyo Michida, John Humphrey, Kaoru Nabeshima)....Pages 1-17 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 Regulation, Standards and Risk Management in the Context of Globalization (John Humphrey)....Pages 21-58 Regulatory Diffusion from Europe to Asia (Etsuyo Michida)....Pages 59-84 Adapting to EU Chemical Regulations: The Experience of Thailand (Nudjarin Ramungul)....Pages 85-106 Diffusion of Private Food Standards from the European Union to Asia (Etsuyo Michida, Kaoru Nabeshima)....Pages 107-129 Preliminary Theoretical Model for Standard Promotion from the Perspective of Governments (Kaoru Nabeshima)....Pages 131-147 Front Matter ....Pages 149-149 A Snapshot of the Effects of Product-Related Environmental Regulations on Firms in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Japan (Etsuyo Michida, Yasushi Ueki, Kaoru Nabeshima)....Pages 151-177 Transmission Channels of Requirements for Chemicals in Products to Firms in Vietnam (Yasushi Ueki, Etsuyo Michida, Kaoru Nabeshima)....Pages 179-199 Effects of Chemical Safety Standards on Production Cost in Malaysia and Vietnam (Keiichiro Honda, Tsunehiro Otsuki)....Pages 201-221 Effects of Chemical Safety Standards on Export Performance in Malaysia and Vietnam (Keiichiro Honda, Tsunehiro Otsuki)....Pages 223-250 Diffusion of Quality and Environmental Management Systems Through Global Value Chains: Cases of Malaysia and Vietnam (Hakaru Iguchi, Toshi H. Arimura)....Pages 251-274 Challenges of EU Chemical Regulations: The Case of Thai Firms (Nudjarin Ramungul)....Pages 275-316 Back Matter ....Pages 317-321