This paper looks at the regionalisation of trade in South America, by looking at trends in trade during the 1994-2007 period. It finds that the increasing political will to strengthen regional arrangements like Mercosur and the Andean Community, has not impacted extensively on the overall level...

Purpose – This paper aims to exploit a new trade database to explore the extent to which trade, and the industrial division of labor which it represents, is regional in nature.Design/methodology/approach – The analysis focuses especially on intermediates trade, in three key regions – the...

In the light of opposing views in the literature on the nature and dynamics of trade within the East Asian region, this study seeks to clarify the extent to which East Asian business activity is regionally oriented through an analysis of trade flows over the 1994-2007 period. It concludes that...

This paper explores the regionalisation of the European Union’s supply chains and the impact of enlargement by looking at trends in trade in intermediate products between 1995-2007. The findings show that enlargement has not significantly impacted overall levels of regionalization although it...