The future creation of a region-wide economic agreement in Asia has become the hot issue among trade policymakers in … the region. The APEC 2010 Summit Statement clearly states that the members should pursue a Free Trade Area of the Asia … (TPP). This paper considers the path or sequencing towards a future region-wide economic agreement in Asia, both …

created Factory Asia is not subject to WTO discipline (bindings); (iii) there is no "top-level management"; to substitute for … WTO discipline, to ensure that bilateral trade tensions - tensions that are inevitable in East Asia - do not spill over … the smooth functioning of "Factory Asia" - in particular for intraregional trade; (ii) the unilateral tariff-cutting that …

investment-related issues than is currently possible under the 149-member WTO. This paper endeavors to bridge this analytical … of rules to existing FTAs in Asia (both intra- and extra-regional) to guage the degree to which they approach best …

In this paper, we will examine the level of services trade integration in Asia in comparison with Europe and North … America. The main empirical findings of this paper are that (i) the regional bias of services trade in Asia is as high or … higher than in Europe and North America; (ii) in Asia, the regional bias of services trade is higher than that of goods trade …

(RTAs) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Information sharing on RTAs is critically important because monitoring is … attempts to reveal those RTAs upon which the WTO fails to shed the light of the transparency exercise. While many studies have … attempt to identify the comprehensive picture of non-notified RTAs, with an emphasis on the Asia and the Pacific. Because …

While there is an extensive amount of literature on the noodle bowl of agreements in Asia, the majority of studies … in Asia. The noodle bowl of FTAs usually results in more options for traders and even can bring unexpected preferences … (such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership) and/or WTO architecture. …

The main objective of this paper is to suggest reform measures to address the gaps and weaknesses in emerging Asia …'s financial regulatory and supervisory systems, on the basis of lessons drawn from the global crisis. For emerging Asia, the …-ranging financial reforms, emerging Asia will face dramatic changes in the global financial landscape. The region's authorities need to …

At the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in Bali on 3–6 December 2013, the … ministers agreed upon the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF). This paper assesses the level of ambition of the ATF from …