In the run-up to the 2008 global financial crisis, there was frequent discussion of Asia having decoupled from economic … 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 …

Infrastructure services, from both hard and soft infrastructure, play a vital role in facilitating Asia's export … supply chains and distribution networks for producers. Asia's trade patterns are characterized by a high degree of …