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Digital trade facilitation : paperless trade in regional trade agreements
Duval, Yann; Mengjing, Kong - 2017
are most commonly found in RTA chapters on e-commerce or in those dedicated to Customs and trade facilitation. Their …
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Policies to enhance trade facilitation in South Asia and Southeast Asia
Bayley, Anthony - 2014
This paper discusses trade facilitation in the context of enhancing trading links between South and Southeast Asia, in a manner understandable to the non-specialist. Presently, these two Asian regions tend to trade preferentially with distant markets. One of the reasons cited for the limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381545
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Trade facilitation and global value chains in a post-pandemic world
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2023
indicate that TF measures related to transparency, institutions, and formalities are of utmost importance, whereas sustainable … TF, trade, and GVCs: first, transparency policies will increase trade in manufactured goods more than proportionally …
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Impact of trade facilitation indicators on trade flows in transport corridors of CAREC region and policy implications
Sudan, Falendra Kumar; Mehta, Balwant Singh - 2024
inspections, inadequate coordination, and lengthy customs procedures can negatively impact inbound trade flows. Longer customs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512472
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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
Regional economic integration is back in vogue following the "stumble" in the Doha Round in July 2008. Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the sheer volume of PTAs is striking. In the 1990s there were...
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Trade and investment policies and regional economic integration in East Asia
Chia, Siow Yue - 2010
The global economic crisis has affected the East Asian economies via trade and investment. The export-led model which had been responsible for the "East Asian Miracle " now must redirect the basis of growth from exports sent to the US and Europe to regional and domestic demand. Regional trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983207
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ASEAN integration in 2030 : United States perspectives
Heng, Pek Koon - 2012
The paper argues that United States (US) participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) - regional integration architecture led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - was motivated by four changes in the regional economic landscape: (i) the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558517
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Regional integration in the Americas : state of play, lessons, and ways forward
Estevadeordal, Antoni; Shearer, Matthew; Suominen, Kati - 2011
The Americas have been a key driver of regional trade agreements (RTAs) since the 1990s. This study considers the effect of these agreements on trade liberalization, and the lessons that this offers for other parts of the world, notably Asia. It finds broad geographical coverage of RTAs in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936384
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Globalization and environment in India
Marjit, Sugata; Yu, Eden Siu-hung - 2018
resultant prosperity. We also emphasize that enforcing regulations is a complex task given corruption, informal markets, and the …
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Does corruption affect access to bank credit for micro and small businesses? : evidence from European MSMEs
Galli, Emma; Mascia, Danilo V.; Rossi, Stefania - 2017
corruption, may affect the access to credit for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Using a sample of 68 …-2014, we investigate whether the level of corruption affects their demand for bank loans. Overall, we find that the degree of … corruption seems to play a role in the applications for bank loans when small firms are under investigation. Interestingly …
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