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Looking back at the history of the World Trade Organization (WTO), major accords that have been reached under the multilateral framework to date are in substance issue-based “plurilateral†agreements. This paper looks at some specific examples of issue-based plurilateral...
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In this paper, we analyzed key aspects of the changing economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and Asia, and explored the potential economic ramifications of deeper EU-Asian economic cooperation. We also investigated the possible costs to the EU of remaining “disengagedâ€...
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In this paper, we analyzed key aspects of the changing economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and Asia, and explored the potential economic ramifications of deeper EU-Asian economic cooperation. We also investigated the possible costs to the EU of remaining “disengagedâ€...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278168
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 …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653169
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...
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), the first bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between Asian countries. This trade strategy also reflected Japans … arrangement, and what implications the JSEPA has had for the FTA movement in East Asia. It argues that the JSEPA was made possible …
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other FTAs?; and (iii) What can be done to improve FTA use at firm level in the future? The study finds that utilization of … AFTA. Surprisingly, among nonusers, a lack of information is the biggest barrier to FTA use. Other impediments to use …
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This paper summarizes the conceptual rationale for investment liberalization to fully exploit the potential of regional trading arrangements. It goes on to examine the treatment of investment in emerging FTAs/RTAs in the Asia-Pacific region and the specific investment provisions and their...
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This paper was designed to provide a policy guide in the formulation of the countrys position for RP-US FTA … the implementation of treaty commitments in trade remedies, competition policy and government procurement in an FTA … attention from the primary FTA objective of paving wider opportunities for Philippine products to enter the US market and …
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