multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of … FTAs in East Asia. It then analyzes the contents of major plurilateral FTAs in East Asia, that is ASEAN's five FTAs each …

involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and promotion of … investment. The paper outlines the AEC Blueprint actions and the time lines for completion. The authors find that by end-2011 … are difficulties with the removal of non-tariff barriers as well as with the liberalization of services and investment …

economy. It involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and … small extent of intra-ASEAN trade, and the wide differences in economic size, development level, and industrial competence … strategies and external pressures (such as the formation of the European Union Single Market and the North American Free Trade …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

bilateral trade statistics and provides a case study for 10 countries in Asia and the Pacific. The paper also provides an …This working paper introduces the concept of bilateral asymmetries in international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS …), i.e. the discrepancies that can be seen in reported bilateral trade flows between trading partners. Such discrepancies …

This working paper introduces the concept of Trade in Value Added (TiVA) and presents an initial analysis of TiVA for … selected regional ESCAP economies. The paper introduces Global Value Chains (GVCs) and issues for the measurement of trade … input-output tables (IOTs) and TiVA analysis, and availability of data in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper concludes with …

multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of … FTAs in East Asia. It then analyzes the contents of major plurilateral FTAs in East Asia, that is ASEAN's five FTAs each …

multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of … FTAs in East Asia. It then analyzes the contents of major plurilateral FTAs in East Asia, that is ASEAN's five FTAs each …

Over the past two decades, Tanzania has embarked on a marked liberalization of its trade regime. The Government wants … higher economic efficiency, productivity and international competitiveness. This study reviews the trade policy situation in … of domestic trade policy, examines regional integration efforts, and identifies priorities for the attention of policy …