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East Asian and European Economic Integration: A Comparative Analysis

Capannelli, Giovanni; Filippini, Carlo - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2009

This paper compares the economic integration processes of the European Union and the East Asian nations and comments on the possible reciprocal lessons, if any, that can be drawn in order to smooth the future paths of the two groups. On the EU side, institutions, structural policies, and the...

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The Nexus between Antidumping Petitions and Exports during the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence on the People’s Republic of China

Lin, Faqin; Tang, Hsiao Chink; Wang, Lin - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2014

This paper quantifies how the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) export volume to its major trading partners during the global financial crisis affects the antidumping (AD) petitions filed by the trading partners against the PRC. Focusing on the AD petitions at the Harmonized System (HS)...

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Trade Facilitation Measures under Free Trade Agreements: Are They Discriminatory against Non-Members?

Hamanaka, Shintaro; Tafgar, Aiken; Lazaro, Dorothea - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2010

Are trade facilitation measures under free trade agreements (FTAs) discriminatory? This important question has yet to be sufficiently explored by the existing literature on trade facilitation. Despite the multilateral scope and non-discriminatory objectives of trade facilitation measures, some...

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Is Trade in Asia Really Integrating?

Hamanaka, Shintaro - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2012

Is intraregional trade in Asia really integrating? It is not easy to answer this ostensibly simple question. There are two ways to assess the level of trade integration: de facto integration and de jure integration. With respect to de facto integration (actual level of interdependence in terms...

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Institutional Parameters of a Region-Wide Economic Agreement in Asia: Examination of Trans-Pacific Partnership and ASEAN+α Free Trade Agreement Approaches

Hamanaka, Shintaro - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2010

-Pacific (FTAAP), building on various ongoing regional cooperation formworks including ASEAN+3 or +6 and the Trans-Pacific Partnership … and considers three existing economic agreements—ASEAN+ free trade agreements, the TPP, and the Asia–Pacific Trade …

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ASEAN Economic Integration: Features, Fulfillments, Failures and the Future

Hill, Hal; Menon, Jayant - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2010

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, is arguably the most durable and successful regional … grouping in the developing world. Established in 1967, it has contributed greatly to regional harmony and prosperity. ASEAN is … structure. Beginning in 1976—with its five original members—ASEAN began to move toward economic cooperation and integration …

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Economic Crises and Institutions for Regional Economic Cooperation

Henning, C. Randall - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2011

This paper examines the extent to which economic crises facilitate the development of more effective regional institutions and whether such institutions can shield regions from crises. It compares six regional economic crises over the last four decades and the institution building—or...

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Trade and Investment in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Remaining Challenges and the Unfinished Policy Agenda

Menon, Jayant; Melendez, Anna Cassandra - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2011

the World Trade Organization (WTO) and participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade … various ASEAN+1 bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). Retaining a multiple-tier tariff system is unlikely to mitigate …

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Shaping New Regionalism in the Pacific Islands: Back to the Future?

Chand, Satish - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2010

The many small sovereign states and multiple shades of sovereignty that exist across the present-day Pacific Island region are largely the product of the region‘s colonial history. Yet, the story of regionalism among the Pacific Islands began in pre-colonial times. This history, in turn, has...

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The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in South Asia

Desai, V.V. - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2010

Regional cooperation arrangements (RCAs) have produced vastly dissimilar performances; some have spurred remarkable expansion in trade and cooperation among members, while several others have achieved little. Studies show that performances vary because RCAs differ from one another in important...

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