Free Trade Agreements in East Asia: A Way toward Trade Liberalization?
Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan | June 2010
Abstract
This brief begins by discussing East Asia's emergence as a global factory and the spread of FTAs. It then examines varieties of national FTA strategies in Northeast and Southeast Asia. The brief goes on to analyze information on FTA use, impediments, and rules of origin based on the ADB multi-country survey. Finally, it explores a possible way forward, highlighting short-term measures as well as a regionwide FTA for the medium term.
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Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan. 2010. Free Trade Agreements in East Asia: A Way toward Trade Liberalization?. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/645. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Print ISBN
978-92-9092-038-0
ISSN
2218-2675
Keywords
Free Trade
Trade
Trade Agreements
Regional Economic Integration
Exports
Economic integration
Exports
Economic integration
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