Introduction

As noted in our opening introduction, achieving a clear view of what this research yields is possible only if the different models of agreements and their implications are traced through all stages of the treaty-making to treaty-breaking succession, from,

In Chapter 2, the characteristics of substantive regulatory and trade policies most likely to be raised in future ASEAN external agreements were examined. It also demarcated the terrain of the subject matter into its hard and soft law aspects. Chapter 3 set out the detailed existing and possible future forms of agreement for ASEAN and its members and the impact of these on aspects of treaty-making, including who could be the parties to the agreement and undertake obligations under the agreement, how the agreement could be negotiated, and how the agreement could enter into force. Chapter 4 followed with a consideration of the implications of these different agreements for dispute settlement aspects. With the different forms of agreements in mind, this chapter will go on to take the substantive policies and the dispute settlement issues in turn through the treaty-making and treaty-breaking process.

Substantive regulatory and trade provisions

This section places the policies raised in Chapter 2 in the context of treaty-making, implementation and breaking. Two perspectives are adopted. The first looks at the hard law subject areas and considers what those provisions suggest for ASEAN in the treaty process.