multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of … FTAs in East Asia. It then analyzes the contents of major plurilateral FTAs in East Asia, that is ASEAN's five FTAs each …

economy. It involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and … small extent of intra-ASEAN trade, and the wide differences in economic size, development level, and industrial competence … strategies and external pressures (such as the formation of the European Union Single Market and the North American Free Trade …

investment. The potential gains from closer connectivity between South Asia and Southeast Asia are no doubt large. India … Asia will bring significant opportunities for industrial development in India and trade potential with South and East Asian … communication technology - contributes to integration by reducing transaction costs and facilitating intraregional trade and …

highly integrated trade, investment, and production space. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC … proceeds to review some of the relevant studies on South Asia's trade integration within the context of the empirical methods …In all the regions of the contemporary world - including Asia - there is a growing trend in market consolidation …

Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). It begins with a review of the historical evolution of ASEAN FTAs, which … captures the achievements of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) and the efforts meant to lead to a further step of deeper …, particularly the move towards the AEC by 2015 and the attempts to broaden FTAs in East Asia. Ultimately, it is desirable for ASEAN …

includes trade and investment in services, as realizing many of the goals is conditional on improved performance of services … sectors in developing countries. The global environment for trade and investment is likely to be more challenging for low …Trade can and should play an important role in making progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This …

expansion of intraregional trade in Asia. This paper examines the trade linkages among Asian countries and between Asia and … diffuse networks. While Asia's intraregional trade is high, most of it consists of parts and components; however, a large … role for the PRC in mitigating the transmission of economic shocks to Asia through trade with other regions. …

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

this oversight by using proxy data to explore the position of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) located in Asia … fragmentation of the production process? Our examination shows that there has been a surprising amount of LDC trade activity in …