", this year's Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report identifies the challenges and opportunities for trade and investment …The Asia-Pacific region has made a vigorous comeback from the global economic crisis and is currently leading world … most of the developed economies, and a higher incidence of natural disasters that affect trade and investment. At the same …

", this year's Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report identifies the challenges and opportunities for trade and investment …The Asia-Pacific region has made a vigorous comeback from the global economic crisis and is currently leading world … most of the developed economies, and a higher incidence of natural disasters that affect trade and investment. At the same …

costs faced by traders in Asia and the Pacific – typically 5% or less for most countries and products. Countries have …Since countries have continued to liberalize trade both unilaterally and as part of the implementation of preferential … trade agreements during the past decade, import tariff costs now often account for a very small share of the overall trade …

. Agreements are routinely classified with respect to the level of development of partners, their number and regional proximity and …

The Asia-Pacific region has shown resilience in the face of recent economic crises and, after a shortlived slowdown …, has continued to attract FDI flows. FDI plays a central role in supporting the efforts of Asia-Pacific countries to build … more sustainable development practices. Even though the global economy remains under strain, global FDI inflows rose by 16 …

business services. Asia-Pacific as a region increased its contribution to world export of commercial services from 23% in 2000 … still generates a deficit in its services trade with the world. …

still struggling towards a full recovery, monthly trade values for Asia and the Pacific have already returned to the pre …Trade in the Asian and Pacific region has recovered strongly since the first quarter of 2010. While world trade is …-crisis level. Merchandise trade in the region grew by more than 30% in 2010, compared with 21% growth in world merchandise trade. …

face economic slowdown, and acceptance is growing that the Asia-Pacific region will be the world's next engine of economic … growth. Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are rapidly increasing their importance in the world economy, having …

production in many countries would lead to a repeat of the damaging trade wars in the 1930s. Fortunately, such a trade war, using …

$3.4 trillion in 2009 to $3.7 trillion in 2010. Asia, and the Pacific, in particular developing Asia, is again leading …