As a result of changing conditions in the world market and increasing global competition, trade and integration … arrangements have become a part of economic and development strategies of countries. Bilateral economic partnerships or Free Trade … Agreements are seen as an option in creating a stable economy and in creating an environment attractive for investment. However …

. This paper examines the status of, and challenges to, trade facilitation among the Asian Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation …The sharp decline in trade volume and value during the current economic crisis has contributed to lower transportation … costs and reduced waiting times at border crossings, reducing the urgency of progress on trade facilitation. Meanwhile …

Two propositions appear to be gaining wide currency, given the revealed preference for preferential trade agreements … growth. The second is that PTAs, particularly ones that go beyond goods trade, are an effective way to promote economic …

in playing the role of champion in trade and investment liberalization. What ASEAN most realistically can do is to serve … persuade the rest of East Asia on the merits of East Asian integration, given the very limited muscle of ASEAN in terms of its … external trade and investments. Being a recipient rather than a donor of official development assistance ASEAN is handicapped …

the two largest markets. East Asia accounts for half of Chinas foreign trade and more than 70% of FDI inflow. Chinas trade … with South Asia is still small in volume, but high in growth rate. With the emergence of the Indian economy, trade and … East and South Asian regions through trade, investment, service, technology, as well as broad economic cooperation …

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 …

economy. It involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and … small extent of intra-ASEAN trade, and the wide differences in economic size, development level, and industrial competence … strategies and external pressures (such as the formation of the European Union Single Market and the North American Free Trade …

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 …

economy. It involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and … small extent of intra-ASEAN trade, and the wide differences in economic size, development level, and industrial competence … strategies and external pressures (such as the formation of the European Union Single Market and the North American Free Trade …