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

of rules to existing FTAs in Asia (both intra- and extra-regional) to guage the degree to which they approach best …

crisis and is a major source of external demand for developing Asia and Pacific economies. US import and export data are … East and Southeast Asia. US trade with preferential trade partners is found to be contracting significantly faster than …