the ASEAN region. The information was summarized in a companion paper (Dee 2009), which also laid out concrete proposals … for achieving the liberalization targets for these sectors from the ASEAN Economic Blueprint. The four key services are … services), banking services and insurance services. The medical and health sectors are priority sectors under the ASEAN …

developing countries such as China and the ASEAN countries. The SEZ can be defined as a specific geographical region with …." The first two types are based on the experience of forerunning ASEAN countries and the latter two are based on the …

imported good once its origin is determined. This study is done to cull the lessons from ASEAN's experience in determining and … practice in ROO regimes, focusing on RTAs where the ASEAN is involved. The paper presents findings from recent studies on the …

This paper develops an Index of Trade Costs for ASEAN Member Countries, 1990-2007 based on the gap between cif and fob … values of ASEAN exports to Australia. The cif/fob gap is a commonly used aggregate measure of trade costs, and Australia is a … useful benchmark for ASEAN countries because it is a large trading partner whose major ports of entry are roughly equidistant …

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The targets for competition policy in the AEC Blueprint have been largely met. Looking … beyond 2015, ASEAN needs to consider broadening the policy measures for competition policy to encompass the state’s presence … require fundamental changes in ASEAN institutions. …

Hong Kong proposed its possible accession to the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) in November 2011. This report … examines how much Hong Kong's accession to ACFTA will impact on the trade in goods between ASEAN and China. It is likely that … trade in goods between China and ASEAN. As such stock operations are generally carried out in places located near to final …

Addressing technical barriers to trade is a key priority of ASEAN as part of trade facilitation in achieving the Single … Market and Production Base under the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 and building an effective and competitive Economic … consumers should not become technical barriers to trade across the region as ASEAN liberalises its trading regime. A delicate …

The current status of trade facilitation measures including the ASEAN Single Window initiative is reviewed and assessed … enhancements for ASEAN trade facilitation are proposed. …

Financial integration challenges in ASEAN beyond 2015 can be grouped into two broad classes. The first classes of …