facilitating the promotion of economic, social and human development. ICTs enable trade in other sectors by enhancing market access … recognized for its significant contribution to a broad variety of activities and economic growth. However, Cambodia is lacking … behind other countries in terms of promoting and facilitating trade of ICT goods with the rest of the world. As compared to …

The last two decades have witnessed a tremendous increase in global trade and investments. This has been followed by a … incentives. This also prompted economies to form or join regional trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties. Like most … developing countries, the Philippines positioned itself for this transition. Investment policies had been revised to create a …

decades, including the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum launched in 1989. Japans commitment to free trade …, reinforced by its own experience of discriminatory trade policies in the immediate postwar period, has made it a strong advocate … of the principle of open regionalism on which APEC is founded. Commitment to this principle has provided the basis for a …

Some services directly produce outputs that are important for human development, such as basic human services. Many … other services are important inputs into the production and distribution of goods that are necessary for human development … cost effectively and more broadly. In line with this reasoning, we find in the data that less restrictive services trade …

, Korean content does have trade potential. The most important prerequisite for high quality content is the generation of … hinders the sector’s trade potential. Korean motion pictures have benefited greatly from the elimination of government … movie festivals. The trade potential of Korean audiovisual services depends on whether Korean audiovisual services providers …

for inter-regional integration by liberalizing goods and services trade as well as some regulatory barriers. Future FTAs …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 …

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade … and intermediate goods. Immediately after its accession to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, the PRC adopted … a regional approach to trade and began negotiating and implementing FTAs. This paper analyzes the results of a survey …

despite real wage rigidity. Moreover, the resulting diversification can offset the negative consequences for the trade balance …

trade facilitation at border crossing, logistic costs are 13-14% of the value compared to 8% in USA. Transport …

stability in the aftermath of a crisis, especially for the last two decades. This finding indicates how vulnerable developing …