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Prospects for services trade negotiations
Schott, Jeffrey J.; Lee, Minsoo; Muir, Julia - 2012
the case of developing Asia, free trade agreements have largely excluded services or have only committed to "lock in … range of infrastructure services that are included in other free trade agreements in force or under construction in Asia and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009659141
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Trade interdependencies in COVID-19-related essential medical goods : role of trade facilitation and cooperation for the Asian economies
Basu Das, Sanchita; Sen, Rahul - 2022
medical goods-vaccines and their value chains, personal protective equipment, and diagnostic test kits-across 29 Asia and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013269548
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Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? : Some Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries
Tumbarello, Patrizia - 2007
Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400352
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Green growth opportunities for Asia
Fankhauser, Sam; Kazaglis, Alex; Srivastav, Sugandha - 2017
This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future …, overall, Asia has an innovation specialization and revealed comparative advantage in climate change mitigation technologies … nuclear and smart grids. However, within Asia, there are regional disparities, with countries such as the People’s Republic of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590204
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Asia's low-carbon transition : opportunities and challenges for trade
Kang, Sung-jin; Park, Donghyun - 2023
Asia and Pacific region between 1990 and 2019 based on three widely used green industry classifications, namely US BLS GGS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289149
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The noodle bowl effect : stumbling or building block?
Kang, Jong Woo - 2015
Although it is well-known that a global trade regime best ensures economic welfare, there has nevertheless been a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) between individual countries. This poses the challenge known as the "noodle bowl effect" - stemming from different rules of origins and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317820
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Gravity-based tools for assessing the impact of tariff changes
Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Hugot, Jules - 2022
This paper presents two empirical tools to quantify the impacts of tariff changes on bilateral trade and welfare. Both tools are rooted in the structural gravity literature. The first tool estimates the impact of tariff changes on bilateral trade for 5,020 products in a partial equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820833
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Economic implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for Asia and the Pacific
Park, Cyn-Young; Petri, Peter A.; Plummer, Michael G. - 2021
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) presents strong potential to mold regional trade and investment patterns well into the future and to influence the direction of global economic cooperation at a challenging time. This paper evaluates the RCEP and estimates its potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012664623
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The impact of trade agreements in Latin America using the synthetic control method
Hannan, Swarnali Ahmed - 2017
The paper employs synthetic control method (SCM) to determine the impact of trade agreements for 64 Latin American country pairs in the period 1989-1996. The results suggest that trade agreements have markedly boosted exports in Latin America, on an average by 76.4 percentage points over ten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716679
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Managed trade : what could be possible spillover effects of a potential trade agreement between the U.S. and China?
Cerutti, Eugenio M.; Chen, Shan; Deb, Pragyan; … - 2019
The trade discussions between the U.S. and China are on-going. Not much is known about the shape and nature of a potential agreement, but it seems possible that it would include elements of managed trade. This paper attempts to examine the direct, first-round spillover effects for the rest of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154778