Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections …

paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives in Asia, highlighting the bridging of the … for East Asia is that China, Japan, and Korea be brought into any scheme for deeper regional integration. This matter … alone drives most of the income and trade effects in the East Asia region across all of our scenarios. The inclusion of the …

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years … sequence, is there a case for monetary union in East Asia? Is there a case for expanded free-trade areas (FTAs) in the region … Equilibrium (CGE) model, to evaluate the economics of monetary/financial integration and various configurations of FTAs in Asia …

Against the backdrop of growing momentum for regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia, this paper examines … in this paper includes an Asia-wide definition of regional roads that fall on the Asian Highway (AH) network. The AH … linkages to Europe. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) conducts research on …