Preferential trade agreements have spread throughout Asia. However, they have not facilitated intra-regional trade as … agreements – have resulted in low utilization rates in Asia. The key driver of trade integration in Asia has instead been the …. At the same time, deeper trade integration in Asia, e.g. an Asian wide customs union, appears to be an unrealistic goal …

Preferential trade agreements are mushrooming in Asia. However, they have not been facilitating intra-regional trade as … parcel of all preferential agreements - have resulted in low utilization rates in Asia. The key driver of trade integration … in Asia has been the rise of China, and not preferential trade agreements. In the last two decades, Chinas has managed to …

effect of these agreements on trade liberalization, and the lessons that this offers for other parts of the world, notably … Asia. It finds broad geographical coverage of RTAs in the Americas, and evidence that these agreements have broadened and … looking to ensure well-functioning RTAs. It suggests that RTAs can encourage broader liberalization in Asia, but some sectors …

Market Analysis and Restrictions on Trade) in WITS (World Integrated Trade Solutions), and (iii) the GTAP (Global Trade …

regional and interregional cooperation arrangements. In this context, the experience of Asia, where about 85 per cent of total … government and in the private sector with an indepth analysis of the dynamic trends of South-South trade in Asia and rapidly … strategies, and assessment of their contribution to South-South trade growth in Asia …

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 regional bias of services trade is higher than that of goods trade …

new regional institutions that Asia needs to establish to contribute to this evolving global economic architecture. …