"Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA … encourage a regionwide FTA. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia …

In the wake of recent food price spikes, plus growing demands for food in emerging Asia and for biofuels in Europe and … options for ensuring food security in Asia and elsewhere. Those options include boosting agricultural productivity growth …

from the North Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade, and boosting SouthSouth trade. How will trade … patterns change over the next 2 decades in the course of economic growth and structural changes in developing Asia and the rest …, and (iii) various trade policy reforms in developing Asia without and with policy reforms also in the Northʺ and in …