economy. More specifically, this paper qualitatively investigates whether the FTAAP satisfies conditions for a trade bloc to … generate positive and sufficient net trade creation effect. In addition, this paper estimates the likely impact of the FTAAP by … FTAAP can be a desirable regional trade bloc able to generate positive gains from freer trade. From the ex-ante scenario …

economy. More specifically, this paper quantitatively investigates whether the FTAAP satisfies conditions for a trade bloc to … generate positive and sufficient net trade creation effect. In addition, this paper estimates the likely impact of the FTAAP by … regional trade bloc able to generate positive gains from freer trade. From the ex-ante scenario analysis using both static and …

economy com-pared to the stalled first-best multilateral liberalization effort like the DDA (Doha Development Agenda), we … RTA (Regional Trade Agreement) and will work as a stepping stone towards global free trade. In addition, the FTAAP will be … regional trade bloc at present. Some policy recommendations would be proposed to overcome the obstacles …

is a complementary relationship between goods and services imports; and (vi) the trade-enhancing effect of RTAs is …As the impact of trade in services on the current global financial crisis appears to overtake that of trade in goods …, we propose to examine liberalization of trade in services through regional trade agreements (RTAs). The regional …

Some economists worry about the ‘spaghetti bowl phenomenon’ expected from proliferating regional trade agreements (RTAs …). In particular, the complicated web of hub-and-spoke type of overlapping free trade agreements (FTAs) can result in high … costs for verifying rules of origin (RoO) and trade diversion or suppression effects. This explains why almost half of the …

The spaghetti bowl phenomenon expected from the proliferating East Asian regional trade agreements (RTAs) is worrisome …. In particular, the complicated web of hub-and-spoke type of overlapping free trade agreements (FTAs) can result in high … costs for verifying rules of origin (RoO). As an alternative policy option to avoid the negative effect of trade deflection …

Expanding trade with East Asia’s "Big Three" economic giants—the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the … actively pursuing trade liberalization with the Big Three. The central objective of this paper is to qualitatively and … quantitatively assess the different permutations of ASEAN’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with the Big Three (e.g., ASEAN–PRC, ASEAN …

many potential gains from entering into free trade agreements (FTAs) with its neighbors, who collectively form a large and …

Expanding trade with East Asia’s “Big Three” economic giants—the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the … actively pursuing trade liberalization with the Big Three. The central objective of this paper is to qualitatively and … quantitatively assess the different permutations of ASEAN’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with the Big Three (e.g., ASEAN–PRC, ASEAN …

between openness in services trade and economic growth. This paper applies a dynamic panel approach to examine the impacts of … trade in services and openness on economic growth for industrialized countries during the period 1980-2000. The findings … that the level of openness in services (measured by imports to GDP) also affects growth, and not just changes in openness …