"Cast light and evil will go away." This is the basic idea of the transparency exercise of regional trade agreements … (RTAs) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Information sharing on RTAs is critically important because monitoring is … impossible without it. In order for us to see not only good but also evil RTAs, a light called "notification requirement" should …

toward achieving economic integration in Asia and the Pacific, or trigger the formation of two large trade blocs which will …

trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …

integration and openness. The main policy findings are that Asia's future standing in an increasingly multi-centered world economy … freefall at the world level, there emerged a second order response at the level of regional institutional building … between helping themselves and helping the global economy. Asia is striving for modes of regional cooperation that are, on …

Transparency Mechanism for RTAs (TM), adopted in 2006, that provides the basis for the systematic provision of detailed tariff and … environment for third parties. Continuing constructive engagement by WTO Members in the Transparency Mechanism through the …

, as compared to multilateral rules. The Paper finally suggests that the proliferation of regional transparency mechanisms …