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 …

Even if Asia shows a relatively low density of regional integration arrangements, the continent has been relatively … Asia and the Pacific, and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia have been involved in such … recently been developed, to monitor and analyse regional integration processes in Asia. These systems are cast against the …

current problems from the perspective of Asian countries, in particular the ASEAN+3 countries, which have achieved some … hold valuable lessons for the ASEAN+3 countries as they chart their own course toward regional integration. Given that the … level of integration among the ASEAN+3 countries is much lower than that in the EU, it would be unwise to draw lessons, both …