The paper analyses sectoral patterns of intra-Asian trade for selected Asian countries as well as for sub … extra-Asian trade, almost all sample countries concentrate their intra-Asian exports more on non-manufactures. Within … manufactures, resource-intensive goods still play a larger role in intra-Asian trade than in trade outside Asia. This reflects both …

of time consistency of liberalization under the so-called Bogor target of achieving free trade within APEC in 2010 (2020 …

Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To … explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the … reason of growing trade in intermediate goods in the cross-section and the time-series framework. The evidence for …