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Impacts of free trade agreements on business activity in Asia : the case of Japan
Hirastuka, Daisuke; Sato, Hitoshi; Isono, Ikumo - 2009
in which they assumed that any firm can maximize profits by utilizing FTA preferential tariffs without any additional … arrangements from which tariffs are completely exempted, such as the Information Technology Agreement and the special exemption of … tariffs under Thailand's Board of Investment laws. Phase-out tariff reduction schedules, in which tariffs are gradually …
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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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Services policy reform in the People's Republic of China : before and after the global financial crisis
Fan, Ying - 2011
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,...
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The impact of the TPP on trade between member countries : a text-as-data approach
Alschner, Wolfgang; Seiermann, Julia; Skougarevskiy, Dmitriy - 2017
This paper proposes a new method to predict the impact of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on trade and welfare taking the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as a case study. Relying on a novel dataset of treaty texts covering all trade agreements notified to the WTO, we first...
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Changing commercial policy in Japan during 1985 - 2010
Kawai, Masahiro; Urata, Shūjirō - 2010
In this paper we examine the changing nature of Japan's commercial policy over the last 25 years while reviewing Japan's changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a two-track approach of relying on multilateral...
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ASEAN open skies and the implications for airport development strategy in Malaysia
Tham, Siew Yean - 2008
"Open Skies," in general, refers to the liberalization of aviation markets that can be pursued on a bilateral, regional, or multilateral basis. At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) level, liberalization of airfreight and passenger services is targeted by December 2008. This...
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ASEAN economic integration through trade and foreign direct investment : long-term challenges
Kawai, Masahiro; Naknoi, Kanda - 2015
This paper explores the long-term challenges for trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The region has emerged as an important production base for multinational corporations by joining East Asia's supply chains. While proceeding to...
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Fulfilling the promises of South Asian integration : a gravity estimation
Moinuddin, Mustafa - 2013
In all the regions of the contemporary world - including Asia - there is a growing trend in market consolidation 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...
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Regional trade agreements and enterprises in Southeast Asia
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2013
The spread of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Southeast Asia has ignited a debate about their impact on business, and ways to avoid raising the business costs from the Asian 'noodle bowl' effect. This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of RTAs in Indonesia,...
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SME internationalization through global value chains and free trade agreements : Malaysian evidence
Arudchelvan, Menaka; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2015
Growing internationalization of firms in Asia through participation in global value chains (GVCs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) has focused attention on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Yet there is scant literature on the characteristics of SMEs involved in GVCs and FTAs. Malaysia...
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