economic rise of the Peoples Republic of China and India, and the ongoing global financial crisis. Proposals on regional trade …The global financial and economic crisis has affected East Asia mainly through the trade channel. The region remains … exports via the export of parts and components to other East Asian countries, particularly the Peoples Republic of China …

Two propositions appear to be gaining wide currency, given the revealed preference for preferential trade agreements … growth. The second is that PTAs, particularly ones that go beyond goods trade, are an effective way to promote economic …

This study measures the extent of restrictions on trade in logistics services in the ASEAN+6 economies by constructing … differences exist in the logistics regulatory environment of ASEAN+6 economies. Many of these economies are open to trade in … logistics services, while others are relatively restrictive. Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines and Vietnam …

micro-firm levels, focusing on the role of international integration through trade and direct investment. The analysis … within a framework of cross-country panel regression shows that trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows … effect of trade and investment integration on plant-level productivity growth. It also suggests that the relationship between …

micro-firm levels, focusing on the role of international integration through trade and direct investment. The analysis … within a framework of cross-country panel regression shows that trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows …) confirms the positive effect of trade and investment integration on plant-level productivity growth. It also suggests the …

order to test the hypothesis, the paper estimates the effect of a common currency on China's processing and ordinary exports … regional production networks, with final stages of assembly and exporting being increasingly concentrated in China. The short …-run dynamics indicate that the effect on China's processing exports is more than double the corresponding effect on China …

countries. We question whether such an increase comes at the expense of trade with third-party countries (a “zero-sum hypothesis …”), or whether the infrastructure investment leads to an increase in overall trade (a “lifting all boats hypothesis”). Our …-border economic activity (imports, exports, and M&A flows) with China is accompanied by a decrease in activity with third party …

discuss stylized facts about East Asia's trade structure. The People's Republic of China (PRC) plays a critical role as an …We investigate changes in Asia's regional and global trade linkages and their influence on macroeconomic relationships … among Asia, Europe, and United States (US). We first document changes in trade patterns of East Asia, Europe, and US and …

This paper examines the export experience of China and other East Asian economies in the aftermaths of the global … financial crisis against the backdrop of pre-crisis trade patterns. The analysis is motivated by the decoupling' thesis, which … probe three key issues: Was the East Asian trade integration story that underpinned the decoupling thesis simply a …

countries are proposed, namely the US, Japan, and China and hence, to an extent the analysis does indicate the relative …