investment, which form an essential element of analyzing production fragmentation and economic integration in Asia. Following an …

New regional initiatives abound, both outside Asia and within. Free Trade Areas in the West - notably NAFTA, its … possible enlargement into an FTA of the Americas, and the European Union - have implications for Asia. Asian manufacturers will … bilateral trade confirm the presence of implicit or de facto trade blocs in Asia and the Pacific, as in Europe and the Western …