evaluate the economic, social and environmental impacts of alternative policy changes in Asia and the Pacific. The CGE analysis … through investment liberalization. While results vary across subregions in the Asia-Pacific, both trade facilitation and … that liberalization policies increase CO2 emissions at the regional level. Importantly, economic growth in Asia and the …

. With China now having formed 12 FTAs and negotiating five new ones (including a sixteen member Asia-Pacific FTA), the …

analysis of paperless trade measures included in selected RTAs in Asia and the Pacific confirms that the coverage of RTAs of … Trade in Asia and the Pacific can be expected to provide a useful tool for harmonized implementation of many of these …

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, now in negotiation among nine Asia-Pacific countries, could yield annual … Asia-Pacific with potential gains of $1.9 trillion. The TPP's expected template promises to be unusually productive because … and other key regional partners as the TPP evolves toward wider agreements. The importance of Asia-Pacific integration …

countries in that trade and investment agreement to explore alternative ways to sustain economic integration in the Asia … States to five other Asia-Pacific economies, all of which have expressed interest in the TPP in the past, would yield global … Asia-Pacific agreements would reduce US exports to the region as countries shift their trade to competitors of the United …

Trade policy in Asia has switched from non-discriminatory unilateral liberalisation, reinforced by GATT/ WTO …