Is Technical Assistance under Free Trade Agreements WTO-Plus? A Review of Japan - ASEAN Economic Partnership Agreements
Hamanaka, Shintaro | November 2011
Abstract
What kind of technical assistance and capacity building benefits do developing countries
enjoy if they sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with developed countries? This is a
frequently asked question among developing country officials involved in FTA
policymaking. While we tend to normatively insist that an FTA should lead to a win–win
situation for all contracting parties and that developed members should provide technical
assistance to developing partners so that the latter can maximize the benefits and
minimize the costs of an FTA, empirical assessments of technical assistance
mechanisms under FTAs have not been thoroughly conducted. This paper presents a
detailed textual analysis of World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements and several
FTAs in Asia, and identifies how much additional technical assistance developing
member countries can enjoy if they enter into FTAs with developed countries.
Citation
Hamanaka, Shintaro. 2011. Is Technical Assistance under Free Trade Agreements WTO-Plus? A Review of Japan - ASEAN Economic Partnership Agreements. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1993. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Development Economics
Regional Economic Development
Economic Impact
Asian Development Bank
Development
Economic Boom
Regional Economic Integration
Good Governance
Governance Approach
Economic planning
Economic structure
Growth policy
Trade relations
Trade policy
Trade policy
Economic development
Economies in transition
International economy
Border integration
Economic integration
Gross domestic product
Trade policy
Institutional Framework
Public Administration
Business Ethics
Regional economics
Economic forecasting
Economic development projects
Success in business
Business
Free trade
Business
Economics
Communication in economic development
Restraint of trade
International economic integration
Trade blocs
East-West trade
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