The informal meeting of core Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) research institutions organized by UNESCAP and IDRC in June 2004 in Bangkok highlighted the need for capacity building of research institutions from Least Developed Countries in the region. Llittle research...

The informal meeting of core Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) research institutions organized by UNESCAP and IDRC in June 2004 in Bangkok highlighted the need for capacity building of research institutions from Least Developed Countries in the region. Llittle research...

This chapter addresses the issue of forming a region-wide FTA in East Asia. After reviewing the current status of intra-regional trade in East Asia as well as the FTA web among East Asian countries, it underscores the rationales for a region-wide FTA in East Asia and highlights the impending...