Motivated by the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia over the last decade, this paper studies the … challenges faced by the Asian “noodle bowl” — overlapping, multiple trade rules, regulations, and standards in Asia — in the … among Asian economies that have formed Asian supply chains, called Factory Asia. It then considers ways and means of …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections … with North America and Europe. In conclusion, a bottom-up approach to a Doha Round Agreement emerges from the analysis …

To make Asia more economically sustainable and resilient against external shocks, regional economies need to be …, reforms, systems, and procedures and through promoting effective coordination and cooperation. Asia has many overlapping … build seamless Asian connectivity, Asia needs an effective, formal, and rules-based institutional framework. The paper …

The Asia and Pacific region and Latin American and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic … cooperation between the Asia and Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean. It also provides some recommendations to …

Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in … schemes in Asia, informed by insights from theory and international experience. The paper identifies alternative forms of …

capital markets. The main policy implication is that governments in Asia should continue and/or strengthen pension reforms …

Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …

Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China from …

in the Asian region. Our second recommendation is for the East Asia Summit (ASEAN+10) to set up a high level working …