This study explores the main causes that have led Japan to conclude an FTA with ASEAN. This paper appraises Japan‐ASEAN … relations and shows that closer relations between Japan and ASEAN have provided momentum for the launch of Japan's FTAs with … ASEAN. Consequently, this paper explores the origins and progress of Japan‐ASEAN FTA, as well as the strategies and …

This study explores the main causes that have led Japan to conclude an FTA with ASEAN. This paper appraises Japan­-ASEAN … relations and shows that closer relations between Japan and ASEAN have provided momentum for the launch of Japan's FTAs with … ASEAN. Consequently, this paper explores the origins and progress of Japan­-ASEAN FTA, as well as the strategies and …

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, is arguably the most durable and successful regional … grouping in the developing world. Established in 1967, it has contributed greatly to regional harmony and prosperity. ASEAN is … structure. Beginning in 1976 - with its five original members - ASEAN began to move toward economic cooperation and integration …

-Pacific (FTAAP), building on various ongoing regional cooperation formworks including ASEAN+3 or +6 and the Trans-Pacific Partnership … and considers three existing economic agreements - ASEAN+Alpha free trade agreements, the TPP, and the Asia-Pacific Trade …

architecture led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - was motivated by four changes in the regional economic … landscape: (i) the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and emergence of the ASEAN+3 grouping; (ii) the rise of the People's Republic … TPP trade negotiations. The second is represented by the Asia-only ASEAN+3 framework, a shallowly institutionalized …

The study determined the economic impact of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Free Trade … revealed that ACFTA was not trade creating but rather diverted the trade of the Philippines from Japan to ASEAN member …

current problems from the perspective of Asian countries, in particular the ASEAN+3 countries, which have achieved some … hold valuable lessons for the ASEAN+3 countries as they chart their own course toward regional integration. Given that the … level of integration among the ASEAN+3 countries is much lower than that in the EU, it would be unwise to draw lessons, both …