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Preferential trade agreements have spread throughout Asia. However, they have not facilitated intra-regional trade as … agreements – have resulted in low utilization rates in Asia. The key driver of trade integration in Asia has instead been the … region. In 2011, China ran a trade deficit with its neighbouring countries whilst running surpluses with the USA and the EU …
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The paper discusses the relevance of past concerns about trade and foreign direct investment diversion to the detriment …), trade resistance factors on the EU import side can be explained mainly by slow growth in Europe in the first half of the … nineties rather than by SMP-induced trade barriers. Concerning integration widening toward Central and Eastern Europe (CEE …
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trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … consumer and less of an assembler. This provides ground for optimism about the prospects of trade with the PRC as a source of …
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This paper uses a theory-based measure of productivity-based comparative advantage to examine the trade performance of … integral part of "Factory Asia." Moreover, the results from a quantitative model of trade show that revealed productivity …
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trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … consumer and less of an assembler. This provides ground for optimism about the prospects of trade with the PRC as a source of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899253
trade restrictions in recent years. This paper examines the trade patterns of North Korea with its 19 major trading partners … over the period 1989-2016. Moreover, the paper quantifies the trade barriers between North Korea and the rest of the world … by estimating border effects in a gravity model framework. The findings indicate that North Korea's trade with developed …
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Relation between trade, inequality and poverty within countries is not beyond controversy. Under free trade and … competitive conditions, trade promotes growth, and growth reduces poverty. In general, trade liberalisation has long been seen as … an important element of an effective and sound economic policy and trade facilitation is a necessary step for achieving …
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This paper uses a theory-based measure of productivity-based comparative advantage to examine the trade performance of … integral part of "Factory Asia." Moreover, the results from a quantitative model of trade show that revealed productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959803
This paper investigates the determinants of trade between Oman and its major Asian trading partners in order to gauge … the impact of the process of trade liberalisation. The empirical findings based on the gravity model indicate that Oman … statistically insignificant effect of trade liberalisation on non-oil exports. These findings certainly have policy implications in …
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international trade. Although Peru´s relations with Asia tend to reinforce its overall position as a mineral exporter, the country … has not experienced significant “de-industrialization”. On the contrary, through aggressive pursuit of free trade … agreements (FTA) and new foreign investment, trade with Asia has increased in scope and diversity, with considerable dynamism in …
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