The spread of Asia’s free trade agreements (FTAs) has sparked an important debate on the impact of such agreements on … ‘noodle bowl’ of overlapping regulations and rules of origin requirements – which may be costly to business. Asia’s Free Trade …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections …

"Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA … encourage a regionwide FTA. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia …

in East Asia, and the most realistic option is for the region's emerging economies to adopt similar managed floating … interest of East Asia to create a regional monetary anchor through a combination of some form of national inflation targeting … creating a stable monetary zone in Asia, Japan needs to make significant efforts at the national and regional levels and …