The decision to establish the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by the year 2005 has resulted in producers in all ASEAN countries except Singapore raising concerns relating to potential loss of market share and adjustment pressures. Underlying these concerns is the view that the expected growth in...

Australia and the United States signed a bilateral trade agreement in 2004. This paper analyses the provisions of the agreement, compares the provisions with other bilateral and multilateral agreements and comments on the modelling that the Australian Government used to estimate the likely...

The need for deeper financial and trade cooperation in East Asia became clear through the experience of the East Asian financial crisis. The imperatives of East Asian cooperation mean that the quest for East Asian influence and leadership on regional and international affairs through ASEAN + 3...

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This paper aims to examine the implications of the rise of East Asian regionalism for the Australia– Japan partnership. In particular, it investigates whether both nations can sustain their partnership, which evolved around Asia Pacific regionalism over the last few decades, by exploring the...

The Australian Government’s trade policy with Japan since the 1980s has aimed to improve market access in the hope of addressing Australia’s dependence on a narrow range of commodity exports. When bilateral negotiations proved almost completely unsuccessful in diversifying or expanding...

Economic policy change within states is increasingly being driven by external political and economic pressures consequent upon the internationalisation of markets, the growth of economic interdependence and the increasing effectiveness of multilateral regimes as sponsors of trade liberalisation....

This paper addresses the question of whether the difficult issues associated with services trade and investment liberalisation are more likely to be tackled effectively in the bilateral or the multilateral context. It provides a first examination of the services trade and investment outcomes in...

This paper deals with the role of human development and technology in trade in services, the significance of trade in services, and the importance of investment in human resource development. It also outlines the requirements for promoting personnel training and the need for advanced technology....