created Factory Asia is not subject to WTO discipline (bindings); (iii) there is no "top-level management"; to substitute for … WTO discipline, to ensure that bilateral trade tensions - tensions that are inevitable in East Asia - do not spill over …'s unilateral tariff cuts into the WTO. …

case of China's recent WTO accession will overstate the increase in China's trade flows by 40 percent, welfare by 15 … drawbacks are ignored. The bias in the estimates of China's real GDP, trade flows, and welfare changes due to WTO accession … inputs at world prices, thus increasing their competitiveness, while maintaining the protection on the rest of the economy …

World trade volume is in retreat for the first time in more than two decades and the contraction is on a scale not seen … crisis and is a major source of external demand for developing Asia and Pacific economies. US import and export data are … examined to understand the repercussions of the crisis for international trade, particularly for export-oriented economies in …