two-track approach of relying on multilateral liberalization under the GATT/WTO and open regionalism under Asia …

crisis has discouraged United States (US) private consumption, which in turn has significantly reduced exports from Asia …. However, Asia’s private consumption is at a very low level even when compared with the current reduced US private consumption …

This paper analyzes key aspects of the changing economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and Asia, and … estimate the potential negative effects of Asian/Asia-Pacific regional accords on the EU, and likewise found small effects …. Nevertheless, using a highly-disaggregated (partial-equilibrium) approach, he argues that high-quality FTAs in Asia could be quite …

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 …

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 …