As a result of changing conditions in the world market and increasing global competition, trade and integration … arrangements have become a part of economic and development strategies of countries. Bilateral economic partnerships or Free Trade … Agreements are seen as an option in creating a stable economy and in creating an environment attractive for investment. However …

The sharp decline in trade volume and value during the current economic crisis has contributed to lower transportation … costs and reduced waiting times at border crossings, reducing the urgency of progress on trade facilitation. Meanwhile …, greater trade is expected to play a key role in recovery, and in sustaining growth afterwards. The crisis offers an excellent …

East and South Asian regions through trade, investment, service, technology, as well as broad economic cooperation … largest in FDI inflow, the third largest in foreign trade, the fourth largest in GDP, and an important engine for the global … its partners, as well as its foreign investment strategy, have deepened and will continue to further intensify its …

multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of …

economy. It involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and … removal of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and services and investment liberalization. In summary, the AEC has come a long way, but … small extent of intra-ASEAN trade, and the wide differences in economic size, development level, and industrial competence …

dynamics of cross border trade and investment in South Asia, exploring the potential for, and obstacles to, such trade through …

Several South Asian countries have joined the current wave of bilateral and sub-regional free trade agreements (FTA) in … complementarities for trade expansion. Though the intra-regional trade has expanded over the years but is far below its potential as not … enough attention is being paid on the launching of trade facilitation (TF) measures. In this paper we have made an effort to …

Employing the Annual Trade Policy issued each year by the Ministry of Commerce as a simplified case study, this paper … to the market that it contains. Capacity constraints and the lack of a sufficient belief in the virtues of trade … liberalisation have led to a situation where the more significant trade reforms have almost invariably been ushered in by the IMF …

Thailandan outward-oriented regional production hubis one of East Asia's most active users of free trade agreements … negotiation or proposed. Thai trade negotiators have striven to secure market access via FTAs, but little is known on how FTAs … FTAs; and (v) a significant demand existed for business development services to adjust to FTAs, particularly for small and …