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Rules of Origin and the Web of East Asian Free Trade Agreements

Manchin, Miriam; Pelkmans-Balaoing, Edylinda Annette Oreta - 2012

The authors provide an overview of the preferential rules of origin in East Asia, highlighting the aspects that might …

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Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration

Sakakibara, Eisuke; Yamakawa, Sharon - 2003

The authors analyze the patterns of East Asia's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) from a global and …-focused approaches to promoting trade and FDI in East Asia-regional agreements and regional production networks. The East Asia crisis …

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Trade Integration in East Asia : The Role of China and Production Networks

Haddad, Mona - 2012

integration of China has deepened production fragmentation in East Asia, countering fears of crowding out other countries for … international specialization. International production fragmentation in East Asia has intensified intraregional trade but has … significantly to growth in East Asia, they also breed vulnerabilities. They have not automatically led to technology spillovers and …

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Integrating Border Regions : Connectivity and Competitiveness in South Asia

Cali, Massimiliano; Farole, Thomas; Kunaka, Charles; … - 2014

Deeper regional integration can be beneficial especially for regions along international borders. It can open up new markets on opposite sides of borders and give consumers wider access to cheaper goods. This paper uses data from five contiguous districts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh in the...

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Regional, Multilateral, and Unilateral Trade Policies on MERCOSUR for Growth and Poverty Reduction in Brazil

Gurgel, Angelo; Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; … - 2003

The authors estimate that the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), the EU-MERCOSUR agreement, and multilateral trade policy changes will all be beneficial for Brazil. The Brazilian government strategy of simultaneously negotiating the FTAA and the EU-MERCOSUR agreement, while supporting...

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The Cotonou Agreement and its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa

de la Rocha, Manuel - 2003

Subregional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have proliferated in the past 10 to 15 years. The small size of most of the countries in the region, some of which are landlocked, and the security needs in the post independence period largely explain the rapid expansion....

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Rules of Origin for Preferential Trading Arrangements : Implications for the ASEAN Free Trade Area of EU and U.S. Experience

Cadot, Olivier; De Melo, Jaime; Portugal-P??rez, Alberto - 2012

With free trade areas (FTAs) under negotiation between Japan and the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) members and between the Republic of Korea and AFTA members, preferential market access will become more important in Asian regionalism. Protectionist pressures will likely increase through rules of...

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Rules of Origin in Services : A Case Study of Five ASEAN Countries

Fink, Carsten; Nikomborirak, Deunden - 2012

An important question in the design of bilateral and regional free trade agreements (FTAs) covering services is to what extent nonmembers benefit from the trade preferences that are negotiated among members. This question is resolved through services rules of origin. The restrictiveness of rules...

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How Much Could South Asia Benefit from Regional Electricity Cooperation and Trade?

Karacsonyi, Jorge; Timilsina, Govinda R.; Toman, Michael A. - 2015

The South Asia region is lagging behind many regions in the world in regional electricity cooperation and trading … cross-border electricity trade in the South Asia during 2015–40. The study finds that the unrestricted electricity trade …

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Attracting Foreign Direct Investment : What Can South Asia's Lack of Success Teach Other Developing Countries?

Gould, David; Tan, Congyan; Sadeghi Emamgholi, Amir S. - 2014

developed countries. Nonetheless, South Asia's inflows of foreign direct investment remain the lowest relative to gross domestic … product among developing country regions. Why are South Asia's foreign direct investment inflows so low and what lessons can … leading to this conclusion are South Asia's current low levels of foreign direct investment, the many unexploited …

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