This paper will examine the level of services trade integration in Asia in comparison with Europe and North America … higher than in Europe and North America; (ii) in Asia, the regional bias of services trade is higher than that of goods trade …, which is in sharp contrast to Europe and North America, where the regional bias of goods trade is higher than that of …

continental Western Europe, France, and Germany, lay at the core of Europe's seemingly relentless momentum toward integration …

Europe and Asia followed very different paths to economic integration after 1945. By 2000, an economic union with free … movement of goods and factors of production and a common currency linked much of Europe. Meanwhile, effective economic …-called WTO+ issues). The outcome will be greater economic integration in Europe and Asia of countries seeking to benefit from …