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Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) : Toward a Framework for Regional Economic Integration
Medalla, Erlinda M.; Vidar-Vale, Catherine; Balboa, Jenny D. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
With less than two years after its ratification, many of the economic gains expected under JPEPA have yet to be realized. But while critics may be quick to judge its failure due to this seeming lack of progress, neither have there been costs and dislocations that should have been more...
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The Australia–US Free Trade Agreement - An Assessment
Dee, Philippa - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
could be severely disruptive to future trade relations within the Asian region, particularly with China. …
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How Do FTAs Affect Exporting Firms in Thailand?
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Olfindo, Rosechin; Pupphavesa, Wisarn - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Thailandan outward-oriented regional production hubis one of East Asia's most active users of free trade agreements (FTAs) as an instrument of commercial policy. By December 2009, Thailand had 11 concluded FTAs, and more were either under negotiation or proposed. Thai trade negotiators have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363401
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Deliberating a Philippine-US Free Trade Agreement : Issues, Challenges and Prospects
Medalla, Erlinda M.; Balboa, Jenny D. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
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...
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India-Sri Lanka Bilateral Free Trade Agreement : Six Years Performance and Beyond
Kelegama, Saman; Mukherji, Indra Nath - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
India-Sri Lanka Bilateral Free Trade Agreement signed in1998 was a pioneering attempt in the direction of trade liberalization in South Asian region. This paper examines the performance of the Agreement in the first six years of its coming into being and draws lessons from its success that could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363432
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Empirical Analyses of U.S. Congressional Voting on Recent FTA Bills
Im, Hyejoon; Sun, Hankyoung - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper discusses what political and economic factors affect house representatives voting behavior on free trade agreement (FTA) implementation bills in the 108th and 109th Congresses in the U.S. using a simultaneous probit-tobit model that consists of contribution equations and voting...
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Chinese Agricultural Reform, the WTO and FTA Negotiations
Yao, Shunli - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
China's early industrialization created distortions. This paper identifies major distortions in the Chinese economy in … production fully with its comparative advantage without also reforming China's grain policy. Reform has substantially freed up …-sufficiency target. Unlike agricultural protection in rich countries, China's grain self-sufficiency policy ahs much weaker institutional …
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Realizing the East Asia Vision
Soesastro, Hadi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
will depend on the pace of ASEANs own economic integration. The likely alternative is that China will become the main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365104
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Rules of Origin - Evolving Best Practices for RTAs/FTAs
Lazaro, Dorothea C.; Medalla, Erlinda M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper aims to add to the understanding of the issues and suggests a framework to move towards the use of best practice in ROOs. Rules of Origin (ROO), originally designed as uncontroversial and neutral devise for authentication and statistical purposes, have evolved over time to accommodate...
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The Political Economy of Trade Policy in Indonesia
Soesastro, Hadi; Basri, M. Chatib - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper focuses on Indonesia's trade policies after the economic crisis. It examines the trend towards protection and addresses the issues of competitiveness. The concluding part briefly discusses Indonesia's policies on and involvement in free trade agreements (FTAs), which have recently...
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