Trade in health products has been flourishing in recent years as the demand for better health has been growing … throughout the world. At the same time, trade in health products is hampered by substantive trade barriers. In this paper, we … availability of health-related products such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical equipment. The case for liberalizing trade …

Free trade agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia in recent years. As of December 2008, eight bilateral FTAs … utilization. Firms either do not fully understand or are not knowledgeable about the existing FTAs. There are some trade …

's changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a …-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on the one hand and on the bilateral trade relationship with the US on the other. Although the … Japan-US bilateralism sometimes resulted in "managed trade" and encountered negative perceptions of the US approach in Japan …

The global economic crisis has affected the East Asian economies via trade and investment. The export-led model which … Europe to regional and domestic demand. Regional trade integration has been market-led through production networks and … foreign direct investment (FDI). Since the proliferation of bilateral and plurilateral free trade agreements (FTA) and …

Adverse effects of the global financial crisis on international trade include falling demand, increased trade … protectionism, and drying up of trade finance. Much attention has focused on the impact of the crisis on goods trade; however … literature on its impact on services trade is limited, especially on the services trade in the People's Republic of China (PRC …

This paper explores the long-term challenges for trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) of the Association of … has also forged five major free trade agreements (FTAs) with its dialogue partners (People's Republic of China, India …. Econometric evidence suggests that (i) trade flows and inward FDI mutually reinforce each other, i.e., an increase in trade flows …

through regional collaboration in the form of bilateral and regional trade agreements. Regional cooperation and integration … can facilitate the way for expanding markets and creating trade opportunities. However, market-led integration in South … highly integrated trade, investment, and production space. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC …

The spread of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Southeast Asia has ignited a debate about their impact on business …

Growing internationalization of firms in Asia through participation in global value chains (GVCs) and free trade … development are also positively associated with SMEs joining GVCs. Furthermore, increased exposure to international trade …