Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). It begins with a review of the historical evolution of ASEAN FTAs, which … captures the achievements of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) and the efforts meant to lead to a further step of deeper …, particularly the move towards the AEC by 2015 and the attempts to broaden FTAs in East Asia. Ultimately, it is desirable for ASEAN …

due to system competition and the question of legitimacy and effectiveness. The recent PGII initiative uses investment to … improve economic development in Africa. But what about other tools, like trade? While the literature suggests positive effects … of trade on economic development, the trade efforts by the G7 have been underwhelming. Moreover, the trade share between …

improved living standards in the Asia-Pacific region through enhanced trade and economic integration lies at the heart of APEC …'s mission. While APEC's focus has traditionally been on trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation, it is increasingly … empirical literature on economic growth and income convergence processes in the Asia-Pacific region. The review suggests that …

The empirical relationship between trade protection and economic growth is surprisingly fragile, as shown in a number … relationship between trade barriers and growth is contingent on measures of comparative advantage. The findings suggest that these …

between de facto and de jure measures along the different dimensions of globalisation, the differentiation between trade and …

This paper examines the relative contribution of openness and the R content of trade to TFP growth for North …-South trade-related technology diffusion. The measure of foreign R used in the literature on trade-related technology diffusion … imposes identical contributions of openness and the R content of trade to TFP. We allow these contributions to differ and show …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period … preceding the Great Recession (1976-2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry …-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The main findings are: i … variables - education, governance or openness - result in virtuous growth cycles. These are smallest under an increase in trade …

This paper examines the changing relationship between trade policy, production networks, and economic growth in Asia …. It traces East Asia’s rise to the coveted "Factory Asia" league with rapid growth over several decades through trade … Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and a multilateral approach under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT …