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SME Internationalization through Global Value Chains and Free Trade Agreements: Malaysian Evidence

Arudchelvan, Menaka; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2015

not the whole story for SME internationalization. Licensing of foreign technology and investment in research and …Growing internationalization of firms in Asia through participation in global value chains (GVCs) and free trade … characteristics of SMEs involved in GVCs and FTAs. Malaysia is reputed for its engagement in GVCs and is actively pursuing FTAs …

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Impediments to Growth of the Garment and Food Industries in Cambodia: Exploring Potential Benefits of the ASEAN-PRC FTA

Chheang, Vannarith; Hamanaka, Shintaro - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2011

This paper attempts to identify structural constraints to growth and exports within Cambodia’s key industries and to consider the policy actions needed to reduce obstacles to trade. The paper places special emphasis on Cambodia’s exports to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), given the...

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Clustering Value-Added Trade: Structural and Policy Dimensions

Escaith, Hubert; Gaudin, Hadrien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The paper uses exploratory data analysis to propose a typology of exporters according to the value-added content of their exports as well as other economic and trade policy characteristics. In the process, it defines clusters of countries according to the multi-dimensional criteria defined by...

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Clustering value-added trade: Structural and policy dimensions

Escaith, Hubert; Gaudin, Hadrien - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014

A second approach focuses on the relationships existing between the variables themselves, using multi-criteria and graph analysis. Natural resources endowments, on the one hand, and services orientation, on the other one, are among the most determinant variables for defining Trade in Value Added...

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How Restrictive Are ASEAN's RoO?

ING, Lili Yan; CADOT, Olivier - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2014

This paper uses a disaggregated (product-level) gravity approach to estimate the effect of ASEAN’s product-specific rules of origin (RoO) on regional trade, using original data on rules applicable at the six-digit level of the harmonized system. Overall, we find that the average ad-valorem...

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Global Value Chains: Benefiting the Domestic Economy?

Kummritz, Victor - International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute … - 2015

Global Value Chains (GVCs) have become a central topic in trade and development policy but little is known about their actual impact on economic performance because data availability has been limited. Using a new unique set of Inter- Country Input-Output tables with extensive country coverage, I...

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Realizing the East Asia Vision

Soesastro, Hadi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

This paper examines the developments of three separate FTAs between ASEAN and the +3 countries. It is still unclear how these separate FTAs will be amalgamated into an EAFTA, and whether that can happen before 2020. This paper argues that much will depend on the pace of ASEANs own economic...

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Australia-Thailand Trade: Has the FTA Made a Difference?

Athukorala, Prema-chandra; Kohpaiboon, Archanun - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011

This paper examines the impact of the Australia-Thailand free trade agreement (TAFTA) on bilateral trade between the two countries, paying attention to the implications of rules of origins (RoO) and the utilization of tariff preferences. It is found that trade has expanded faster following TAFTA...

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Fulfilling the Promises of South Asian Integration: A Gravity Estimation

Moinuddin, Mustafa - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2013

This paper examines the determinants and trade effects of the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) using empirical methods. An empirical specification of the gravity model is developed to analyze the determinants of trade flows for the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)...

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The Political Economy of Trade Regimes in Central Europe

Csaba, László - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper evaluates the robustness of trade liberalization in Central Europe and the role of the Europe Agreements (EAs) in institutionalizing this process. It finds a) that institutions are still fragile in Central Europe; b) that the EAs are not a great force for liberalism (on either side);...

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