also contains a case study of digital trade integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It argues … that the ASEAN framework currently functions as a weak form of digital trade integration, focusing mainly on political … goodwill and high-level cooperation. Although the ASEAN Members are committed to enhancing regulatory cooperation and …

America, South America and East Asia. In many cases these efforts are compared with the EU, where integration has progressed … Asia, such symmetry did not exist and the dominant states - like Brazil in the case of MERCOSUR - were not willing to bind …: What Prospects for Sustainable Development in Africa and the Caribbean? -- PART IV THE EU, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC -- 11 From …