Regional Trade Agreements in Asia

The first East Asia Summit in 2005 prompted discussions of enlargement of ASEAN free trade agreements to include all major trading blocs and their regional and global implications. In this timely and original study, Tran Van Hoa and Charles Harvie explore the likely effects of new regional development. With more than half of the world's consumption and production market, well-defined trade agreements in Asia remain crucial to the economic growth and stability of the area.This book contains scholarly and well-researched contributions from internationally renowned experts from ASEAN, East and South Asia and Oceania who discuss this major new development and its impact on trade, investment, services, development, industry, poverty and economic relations. An important collection of new research, this volume will be used by economists, trade experts, academics, students, government advisers, policymakers and all those interested in these significant contemporary developments and their far-ranging implications in an enlarged Asia.

ISBN 1847200613   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781847200617 (What's this?)   Pages 296 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd   Volumes 001 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd   Published in Cheltenham Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 31 Jan 2008   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress HF1418.7   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY 382.95

		Foreword by Stephen Martin
Pt. I		Regional economic integration issues
1		Regional trade agreements in Asia : an overview by Tran Van Hoa and Charles Harvie		3
2		The WTO, regional trade agreements and an enlarged ASEAN by Tran Van Hoa		9
3		Deep integration in regional trading agreements by Peter Lloyd		16
4		China's global competitiveness and regional trade and investment by Yanyun Zhao		44
Pt. II		Economic, trade, investment and integration issues for enlarged ASEAN members
5		India's poor and gains from trade with ASEAN by Shovan Ray		59
6		Aspects of an enlarged ASEAN : a perspective from Thailand by Apichai Puntasen Wichada and Lewnanonchai Thanawan and Rattanawarinchai		79
7		Agricultural issues in an enlarged ASEAN : the case of Vietnam by Nguyen Manh Hai and Tran Van Hoa		108
8		Prospects for an AFTA-CER free trade agreement by Charles Harvie		121
Pt. III		Micro, finance, management and sectoral issues in an enlarged ASEAN
9		SMEs in regional trade and investment development by Charles Harvie		149
10		Asian reserves and the dollar : issues in an enlarged ASEAN by Ashima Goyal		187
11		TRIPS-plus : free trade agreements jeopardizing public health in developing nations by Prabodh Malhotra and Bhajan Grewal		216
12		The micro-finance movement in China : lessons and initiatives for an enlarged ASEAN by Enjiang Cheng		240
13		China's corporate culture and implications for trade and investment in the Asian region by Guirong Li and Xianfeng Wei		255
Pt. IV		Conclusions and prospects
14		Challenges and opportunities from an enlarged ASEAN by Tran Van Hoa		269
		Index		273

'In this very readable contribution many of the region's superior minds have looked deeply into some of the most important trade issues facing Asia in the coming years.'- From the foreword by Professor the Hon Stephen Martin

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