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Digital trade facilitation : paperless trade in regional trade agreements
Duval, Yann; Mengjing, Kong - 2017
and deeper paperless trade provisions than those featured in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. A more detailed … analysis of paperless trade measures included in selected RTAs in Asia and the Pacific confirms that the coverage of RTAs of … Trade in Asia and the Pacific can be expected to provide a useful tool for harmonized implementation of many of these …
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Regional economic integration and multilateralism : the case of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA and the Malaysia-New Zealand FTA
Vitalis, Vangelis - 2015
trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010506399
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Regional integration in the Americas : state of play, lessons, and ways forward
Estevadeordal, Antoni; Shearer, Matthew; Suominen, Kati - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936384
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Trans-Pacific partnership rules for digital trade in Asia
Elms, Deborah; Minh Hue Nguyen - 2017
Digital trade is upending the way consumers and companies do business. Digital trade and e-commerce have become major drivers of economic development by enhancing productivity and lowering costs of trade in goods. But government policies have been slow to catch up with the increasing importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658334
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How can environmental regulations spur international trade? : the case of the EU Performance of Buildings Directive and Lessons for Asia
Helble, Matthias; Majoe, Adam - 2017
International trade is one of the key mechanisms for the diffusion of energy efficient technologies. Yet, little is known how regulations to fight climate change affect the international trade in goods needed to increase energy efficiency. This paper studies the case of the Energy Performance of...
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Environmental performance in Asia : overview, drivers, and policy implications
Huang, Bihong; Xu, Yining - 2019
policymakers and the public across countries in Asia. This paper overviews the environmental performance, disentangles its drivers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059439
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Greenfield investments as a source of sustainable green finance? : on the relationships between greenfield investments, environmental performance, and asian economic growth
Nepal, Rabindra; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Musibau, Hameed - 2020
Can economic growth continue without degrading the quality of the environment? This question has led to a lot of … activities, and the role of institutions on the environment among Asian countries for the period 2000-2018. The Environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012163875
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A station location identification model for an integrated interoperable high-speed rail system
Roy, Sandeepan; Maji, Avijit - 2019
Integrated interoperable rail systems facilitate high speed rail (HSR) train movement on conventional intercity lines, and vice versa. Hence, for such rail systems, it is preferred that HSR stations are located at existing intercity rail stations. However, all existing intercity stations may not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007702
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The impact of free trade agreements on business activity : a survey of firms in the People's Republic of China
Zhang, Yunling - 2010
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade agreements (FTAs) an important part of its global trading strategy. The PRC’s export industries are embedded in existing regional and global production networks and are reliant on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732272
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Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement : evaluation and implications for East Asian regionalism
Chŏng, In-gyo - 2013
toward achieving economic integration in Asia and the Pacific, or trigger the formation of two large trade blocs which will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771846