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Labels, food safety, and international trade
Wilson, Norbert L. W. - 2017
Several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) suggest that improving well-being is achievable through trade. The free flow of goods and services internationally, which encourages efficient production and expansion of consumption, may support SDGs concerning inclusive and sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594369
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Trade in services and human development : a first look at the links
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria O. - 2011
liberalization can therefore promote human development directly through improved outcomes, in addition to indirectly effects through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907792
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Accelerating regional integration : issues at the border
Brooks, Douglas Howard; Stone, Susan F. - 2010
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,...
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Trade and investment policies and regional economic integration in East Asia
Chia, Siow Yue - 2010
political-economic decision based on a cost-benefit analysis of liberalization, facilitation, and cooperation in a region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983207
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The ASEAN Economic Community : progress, challenges, and prospects
Chia, Siow Yue - 2013
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 … management capability to fulfill all goals in the AEC Blueprint and embark on further liberalization, rationalization, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193774
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Constructing and multilateralizing the regional comprehensive economic partnership : an Asian perspective
Urata, Shūjirō - 2013
In May 2013 the ASEAN+6 countries began to negotiate the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The objective of this paper is to analyze the feasibility of constructing such a region-wide agreement and to examine ways to multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade...
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Services policies and manufacturing exports
Shepherd, Benjamin - 2018
This paper uses a structural gravity model to show the effects of services policies on manufacturing exports. Whereas the previous literature has focused on indirect effects of policies - flowing through productivity effects in domestic services markets - we look at direct effects, namely the...
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Firm size and participation in the international economy : evidence from Bangladesh
Shepherd, Ben - 2020
This paper examines the trade participation of Bangladesh's manufacturing firms using a three-year panel. It distinguishes between extensive and intensive margin effects using a Heckman sample selection model. Particular attention is paid to the role of imported intermediates and inward foreign...
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Trade, global value chains, and small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand : a firm-level panel analysis
Korwatanasakul, Upalat; Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat - 2020
This study assesses the determinants of global value chain (GVC) participation and the relationship between the degree of GVC participation and firms' performance. The main estimation method for both analyses is a panel fixed-effect regression employing unique panel firm-level data from the...
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Global value chains in the Pacific island countries : patterns and structure
Upalat Korwatanasakul - 2023
This study investigates the patterns of global value chain (GVC) participation of Pacific island countries (PICs) at the country, industry, and firm levels, utilizing UNCTAD-Eora GVC data (1999-2018) and the World Bank's Enterprise Survey data (2009 and 2015). It also uses the survey data to...
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