Dieter, Heribert - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-24, pp. 1-26
Preferential trade agreements have spread throughout Asia. However, they have not facilitated intra-regional trade as much as their supporters have suggested. The complexities of rules of origin - part and parcel of all preferential agreements - have resulted in low utilization rates in Asia....