Motivated by the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia over the last decade, this paper studies the … challenges faced by the Asian “noodle bowl” — overlapping, multiple trade rules, regulations, and standards in Asia — in the … among Asian economies that have formed Asian supply chains, called Factory Asia. It then considers ways and means of …

joining East Asia's supply chains. While proceeding to establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of 2015, ASEAN … inward FDI. The paper concludes that in the long run ASEAN should aim to further integrate itself with the rest of Asia and … the world (through a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific and an Asia-Europe FTA), while substantially deepening its …

This paper examines how East Asia’s economic architecture has been evolving over the last ten years and how it will … East Asian agreement - particularly among the East Asia Summit (EAS, or ASEAN+6) countries - to minimize negative “noodle …, euro, and Asian Currency Unit. East Asia’s economic architecture will be shaped around ASEAN+3 and EAS (or ASEAN+6), with …

joining East Asia's supply chains. While proceeding to establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of 2015, ASEAN … inward FDI. The paper concludes that in the long run ASEAN should aim to further integrate itself with the rest of Asia and … the world (through a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific and an Asia-Europe FTA), while substantially deepening its …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections …

for East Asia's financial cooperation, including: (i) regional economic surveillance led by the Economic Review and Policy …

basket. Using this new approach, we find that there is not yet an RMB bloc in East Asia, contrary to claims made by some … dominant anchor currency in East Asia. …