In this paper, we analyzed key aspects of the changing economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and Asia … CGE models that estimated the potential negative effects of Asian/Asia-Pacific regional accords on the EU, and likewise …-quality FTAs in Asia could be quite detrimental to the EU, particularly in key sectors. The push toward a Free Trade Area of the …

In this paper, we analyzed key aspects of the changing economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and Asia … CGE models that estimated the potential negative effects of Asian/Asia-Pacific regional accords on the EU, and likewise …-quality FTAs in Asia could be quite detrimental to the EU, particularly in key sectors. The push toward a Free Trade Area of the …

ASEAN FTA (AFTA), and encouraged by ASEAN+1 (ASEAN plus one country) FTAs, more and more economies in east Asia are involved … in the region. To this end, east Asia needs to progress from the proliferation of multilayered FTAs to a region-wide FTA … of factors, from the economic to the political. East Asia is with no exception involved in the process and witnessing the …

ASEAN FTA (AFTA), and encouraged by ASEAN+1 (ASEAN plus one country) FTAs, more and more economies in east Asia are involved … in the region. To this end, east Asia needs to progress from the proliferation of multilayered FTAs to a region-wide FTA … of factors, from the economic to the political. East Asia is with no exception involved in the process and witnessing the …

multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of … FTAs in East Asia. It then analyzes the contents of major plurilateral FTAs in East Asia, that is ASEAN’s five FTAs each … as a base for a region-wide FTA. Finally, the paper examines the feasibility of the RCEP by consolidating the ASEAN+1 …

multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of … FTAs in East Asia. It then analyzes the contents of major plurilateral FTAs in East Asia, that is ASEAN’s five FTAs each … as a base for a region-wide FTA. Finally, the paper examines the feasibility of the RCEP by consolidating the ASEAN+1 …

Capitalizing on recent estimates of infrastructure financing requirements in Asia, this paper frames a scenario for … quantitatively the economy-wide welfare effects of developing regional infrastructure in Asia, using a global computable general … energy infrastructure during 20102020, developing Asia is likely to reap welfare gains of US$1,616.3 billion (in 2008 prices …

) model. The paper estimates the potential gains to be large, particularly for South Asia, assuming that the policy- and … attainable—welfare in South Asia and Southeast Asia would rise by 8.9% and 6.4% of gross domestic product, respectively, by 2030 … relative to the baseline. These gains would be driven by rising exports and competitiveness, particularly for South Asia, whose …

) model. The paper estimates the potential gains to be large, particularly for South Asia, assuming that the policy- and … attainable—welfare in South Asia and Southeast Asia would rise by 8.9% and 6.4% of gross domestic product, respectively, by 2030 … relative to the baseline. These gains would be driven by rising exports and competitiveness, particularly for South Asia, whose …

Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China from …