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 …

To the extent that financial contagion from the United States and the euro area crisis has occurred in Asia, this paper …