of rules to existing FTAs in Asia (both intra- and extra-regional) to guage the degree to which they approach best …

trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …

Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high … growth rates, Asia is still facing considerable socio-economic challenges. If Asia is to reemerge as a major power in the … region's economies more integrated regionally and internationally. Following the recent global trend, Asia witnessed a wave …

per capita GDP in Asia, this chapter contends that the role of RTAs in expanding regional trade in Asia has been … the events. Taken further, this chapter asserts that intra-regional trade and per capita GDP in Asia would be far higher …