's changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a …-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on the one hand and on the bilateral trade relationship with the US on the other. Although the … Japan-US bilateralism sometimes resulted in "managed trade" and encountered negative perceptions of the US approach in Japan …

This paper examines the determinants and trade effects of the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA …) using empirical methods. An empirical specification of the gravity model is developed to analyze the determinants of trade … flows for the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) countries. The need for maintaining the primacy of economic integration in …

multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade agreement (FTA) developments, and discusses the characteristics and motives of …

involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and promotion of …

of global economic integration. Such an initiative could include three sets of issue: trade facilitation measures, an …

Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). The move towards the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 and the attempts to …

This paper analyzes the role of processing trade in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s bilateral trade balances and … the impact of the yuan’s appreciation on processing trade. The analysis is based on panel data covering the PRC’s 51 … trading partners from 1993–2008. The empirical analysis shows that: (1) processing trade accounts for 100% of the PRC …

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade … intermediate goods. Immediately after its accession to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, the PRC adopted a regional … approach to trade and began negotiating and implementing FTAs. This paper analyzes the results of a survey undertaken across …

) companies will not increase US exports, but on the contrary exacerbate the US trade deficit. The iPhone contributed US$1 ….8 billion to the US trade deficit with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Unprecedented globalization, well organized global … to rational firms such as Apple making business decisions that contributed directly to the US trade deficit reduction …