Parece existir un consenso generalizado en cuanto a que el comercio entre Asia Oriental y América del Sur ha ido cobrando cada vez más importancia. Sin embargo, es poco lo que sabemos sobre la evolución dinámica real de este comercio interregional. En este trabajo se examina si la tendencia...

This report assesses the quality of Lao PDR’s trade statistics by comparing Lao PDR’s export/import data with its trade partners’ import/export data (mirror data). While the mirror technique is constrained by the fact that partners’ data also can have some problems, it is a useful method...

The last decade has seen a significant increase in the exports of several Latin American and Caribbean countries to destinations within and beyond the region. The increase in trade links has not, however, been accompanied by a proportional increase in reciprocal investments among the trading...

En el último decenio se verifica un significativo incremento de las exportaciones de varios países de América Latina y el Caribe, hacia destinos dentro y fuera de la región. Dicho incremento de los vínculos comerciales no ha estado acompañado, sin embargo, de un aumento proporcional en las...

There seems to be a general consensus that trade between East Asia and South America has been increasingly important. However, we know little about the actual dynamic development of this interregional trade. This paper examines whether the trend of East Asia-South America trade is a general...

Parece existir un consenso generalizado en cuanto a que el comercio entre Asia Oriental y América del Sur ha ido cobrando cada vez más importancia. Sin embargo, es poco lo que sabemos sobre la evolución dinámica real de este comercio interregional. En este trabajo se examina si la tendencia...

There seems to be a general consensus that trade between East Asia and South America has been increasingly important. However, we know little about the actual dynamic development of this interregional trade. This paper examines whether the trend of East Asia-South America trade is a general...

At the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in Bali on 3–6 December 2013, the ministers agreed upon the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF). This paper assesses the level of ambition of the ATF from two angles. First, the use of softening language in...

This paper argues that the formation of regional integration frameworks can be best understood as a dominant state’s attempt to create a preferred regional framework in which it can exercise exclusive influence. In this context, it is important to observe not only which countries are included...

In this paper, we will examine the level of services trade integration in Asia in comparison with Europe and North America. The main empirical findings of this paper are that (i) the regional bias of services trade in Asia is as high or higher than in Europe and North America; (ii) in Asia, the...