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Asia's strategic participation in the Group of 20 for global economic governance reform : from the perspective of international trade
Bark, Taeho - 2011
After considering the background to the G20 summit meetings after the recent global economic and financial crisis, this 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281462
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US international trade and the global economic crisis
James, William E. - 2009
World trade volume is in retreat for the first time in more than two decades and the contraction is on a scale not seen … trade with the rest of the world. Moreover, US imports that avail of preferential tariff treatment are also contracting more … to strangle world trade. The failure of bilateral free trade agreements to act as a shock absorber suggests that a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913740
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Managing the noodle bowl : the fragility of East Asian regionalism
Baldwin, Richard E. - 2007
The paper argues that East Asian regionalism is fragile because (i) each nation's industrial competitiveness depends on 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281488
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Toward win-win regionalism in Asia : issues and challenges in forming efficient trade agreements
Plummer, Michael G. - 2006
Many economists tend to be skeptical of the merits of Free-Trade Areas (FTAs) due to their second-best nature, while others support them under certain conditions, particularly as they allow for a more comprehensive treatment of trade- and investment-related issues than is currently possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281501
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Regional integration and economic development in South Asia
Rahman, Sultan Hafeez (ed.); Khatri, Sridhar K. (ed.);  … - Asian Development Bank - 2012
This book considers the leadership of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the interaction with civil society in the process of South Asian regional cooperation and integration, and discusses how the emerging urgency in the provision of regional public goods provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850899
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The post-crisis sequencing of economic integration in Asia : trade as a complement to a monetary future
Plummer, Michael G. - 2007
Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years.These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more typical pattern of "trade first,money later", recent policy initiatives involve the simultaneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281489
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Reshaping global economic governance and the role of Asia in the Group of Twenty (G20)
2011
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Trade and investment
2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001804162
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Does trade integration contribute to peace?
Lee, Jong-Wha - 2009
This paper investigates the effect of trade integration on military conflict. Our empirical analysis,based on a large panel data set of 290,040 country-pair observations from 1950 to 2000, confirms that an increase in bilateral trade interdependence and global trade openness significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529705
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Economic corridor development in Pakistan : concept, framework, and case studies
Asian Development Bank - 2022
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