Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. We also argue that the case for deepening financial and monetary integration in Asia is …

As East Asia becomes increasingly integrated through market-driven trade and FDI activities, free trade agreements … computable general equilibrium (CGE) model examines the economic impact of various types of FTAs in East Asia (among ASEAN+1's …, ASEAN+3, and ASEAN+6) finding that consolidation at the ASEAN+6 level would yield the largest gains to East Asia among …

Motivated by the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia over the last decade, this paper studies the … challenges faced by the Asian “noodle bowl” — overlapping, multiple trade rules, regulations, and standards in Asia — in the … among Asian economies that have formed Asian supply chains, called Factory Asia. It then considers ways and means of …

East Asia is steadfastly marching towards regional economic integration through a number of regional trade agreements … regionalism in Asia. It addresses the criticisms that China’s RTAs are politically but not economically driven, that China’s RTAs … Asian regionalism, pointing out that China wishes East Asia to pursue regionalism on multitrack and at multispeed, that …

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 …

) model. The paper estimates the potential gains to be large, particularly for South Asia, assuming that the policy- and … attainable — welfare in South Asia and Southeast Asia would rise by 8.9% and 6.4% of gross domestic product, respectively, by … Asia, whose exports would rise by two thirds (64% relative to the baseline). Hence, the paper concludes that improvements …