This paper examines how East Asia’s economic architecture has been evolving over the last ten years and how it will … East Asian agreement - particularly among the East Asia Summit (EAS, or ASEAN+6) countries - to minimize negative “noodle …, euro, and Asian Currency Unit. East Asia’s economic architecture will be shaped around ASEAN+3 and EAS (or ASEAN+6), with …

The surge in free trade agreements (FTAs) in East Asia since the Asian financial crisis has prompted a lively debate on … (ROOs) and standards and that the consolidation at the ASEAN+6 level would yield the largest gains to East Asia among … integrated regional markets and narrow development gaps within ASEAN. Over time, it would be desirable for East Asia to …

Continuing Asia’s extraordinary transformation will require increasing attention on regional connectivity and logistic … Asia. Given that most cross-border infrastructure projects are very complex, actions will need to be taken by various … stakeholders—Asian governments, the private sector, civil society organizations, and multilateral institutions—in connecting Asia. …