toward achieving economic integration in Asia and the Pacific, or trigger the formation of two large trade blocs which will …

Motivated by the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia over the last decade, this paper studies the … challenges faced by the Asian "noodle bowl" - overlapping, multiple trade rules, regulations, and standards in Asia - in the … among Asian economies that have formed Asian supply chains, called Factory Asia. It then considers ways and means of …

levels - and evolutionary processes of economic integration in light of regional policy targets in Asia. The analysis …

The discussions on the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) have evolved in the Asia-Pacific Economic … integration of the Asia-Pacific region. The most recent development in this regard is the support of China during its hosting and …

the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP). The FTAAP initiative represents a politically ambitious, high potential benefit option for … the Asia-Pacific region; defuse the renewed risk of "drawing a line down the middle of the Pacific" as East Asian, and … perhaps the Western Hemisphere, initiatives produce disintegration of the Asia-Pacific region rather than the integration of …

, domestic financial systems in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region have remained weak, and progress to reform them has …

The formation of regional production networks in East Asia has occurred mainly through market forces, without much help …. Asia's institutions for regionalism need strengthening through reform and innovation such as better governance and …

This paper argues that the collective action in Asia by its regional organizations has historically suffered from a … in the context of Asia as a whole) have lacked the necessary resources. The result has been that while the ASEAN … institutions remain weakly institutionalized and attract criticism as "talk-shops", they have helped to ensure that Asia does not …