Asia's Strategic 
Participation in the Group of 20 for Global Economic Governance Reform: 
From the Perspective of International Trade

Taeho Bark; Moonsung Kang

Asia's Strategic Participation in the Group of 20 for Global Economic Governance Reform: From the Perspective of International Trade

Bark, Taeho; Kang, Moonsung | February 2011

Abstract

This paper aims to identify the trade agenda that represents Asia’s concerns for the global and regional trading system. Asia, in particular East Asia, has played an important role in evolving the global production and trade networks. Even though Asia’s export performance was hit hard during the recent global economic and financial crisis, Asia experienced a relatively quick rebound. This paper prescribes three policy options: resolve the stalemate of the Doha Development Agenda; integrate individual free trade agreements into broader regional trade agreements; and link the development agenda to trade.

Citation

Bark, Taeho; Kang, Moonsung. 2011. Asia's Strategic Participation in the Group of 20 for Global Economic Governance Reform: From the Perspective of International Trade. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2055. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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