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 …

toward achieving economic integration in Asia and the Pacific, or trigger the formation of two large trade blocs which will …

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 …

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 …

economic partnership agreements (EPA) has not resulted in an integrated regional market, it is important that East Asia seek an … arrangement for a region-wide FTA/EPA. Currently, there are proposals for an ASEAN 3, an ASEAN 6, Pan-Asia, and Asia Pacific …

Asia. It finds broad geographical coverage of RTAs in the Americas, and evidence that these agreements have broadened and … looking to ensure well-functioning RTAs. It suggests that RTAs can encourage broader liberalization in Asia, but some sectors …

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 …

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 …

the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP). The FTAAP initiative represents a politically ambitious, high potential benefit option for … the Asia-Pacific region; defuse the renewed risk of 'drawing a line down the middle of the Pacific' as East Asian, and … perhaps the Western Hemisphere, initiatives produce disintegration of the Asia-Pacific region rather than the integration of …