Ji Xianbai Jason is a PhD Candidate at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is also an associate fellow at the European Union Centre in Singapore and was formerly a Europa visiting fellow at The Australian National University. His main areas of research interest include trade diplomacy, regional trade agreement, European economic integration and global economic governance. He also holds the Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship (NPGS).