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 … the smooth functioning of "Factory Asia" - in particular for intraregional trade; (ii) the unilateral tariff-cutting that …

investment-related issues than is currently possible under the 149-member WTO. This paper endeavors to bridge this analytical … of rules to existing FTAs in Asia (both intra- and extra-regional) to guage the degree to which they approach best …

financial sector reforms in Asia. …

's markets. However, despite the higher liquidity and lower levels of global integration, the effects of the crisis in Asia were …

This paper examines the unfolding of the US subprime-generated turmoil and its potential spillover on emerging Asia … environment and innovation. Policy priorities to foster regional financial stability include enhancing transparency and governance …

paper aims to identify the trade agenda that represents Asia's concerns for the global and regional trading system. Asia, in … particular East Asia, has played an important role in evolving the global production and trade networks. The regional production … network in East Asia became the major transmission mechanism of the crisis, resulting in a trade collapse, but Asia …

Despite a commonplace view that Asian regionalism lacks institutions, Asia, in fact, is full of regional institutions … and frameworks in various forms. The rise and fall of regional institutions in Asia is an extremely dynamic process. Using … "regionalism cycle." The institutional outcome of regionalism in Asia has been cyclical because the game played by Japan and the …

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of … judicial institutions elsewhere have also rarely been used to resolve inter-state disputes. The most valuable lesson for Asia … and private parties about the implementation of international law. While Asia lacks an extensive set of regional laws and …