This paper unveils a systematic pattern in the People's Republic of China's (PRC) processing trade. In a cross …'s geographical location to its processing trade patterns. First, the PRC's processing exports are negatively affected by both an …

's changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a …-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on the one hand and on the bilateral trade relationship with the US on the other. Although the … Japan-US bilateralism sometimes resulted in "managed trade" and encountered negative perceptions of the US approach in Japan …

This paper examines the determinants and trade effects of the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA …) using empirical methods. An empirical specification of the gravity model is developed to analyze the determinants of trade … flows for the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) countries. The need for maintaining the primacy of economic integration in …

Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). The move towards the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 and the attempts to …

South and Southeast Asian economic integration via increased trade flows has been increasing significantly over the … past 2 decades, but the level of trade continues to be relatively low. This underperformance has been due to both policy …-related variables—relatively high tariff and non-tariff barriers—and high trade costs due to inefficient "hard" and "soft …

country’s exports in the context of production fragmentation, using a panel data set of the PRC’s trade for 1992 … doubts on the efficacy of further unilateral reform of the renminbi exchange rate regime on correcting trade imbalances. …

This paper studies how East Asia’s trade composition and orientation have changed over the past decade and analyzes the … Asia has successfully consolidated its role as the “Global Factory.” Furthermore, studying East Asia’s recent trade …