Why Ideology Dominates Regional Trade Unionism in the Asia Pacific

2018 ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Keith Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Unionism

APEC HAS INDEED CREATED INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE: A SYSTEMATIC EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (05) ◽  
pp. 1077-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUNG HUR ◽  
HYUN-HOON LEE
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Gravity Equation ◽  
Fixed Effect ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Trade Creation ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ◽  
Manufactured Goods

The Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, whose approach is voluntary and non-binding in open regionalism, has been criticized for its alleged failure to develop a rapid liberalization process and to contribute to a greater level of intra-regional trade in the APEC region. Nonetheless, we find that APEC has been contributing to intra-regional trade creation, particularly in trade in manufactured goods as compared to trade in non-manufactured goods. This finding is robust to the various fixed-effect models and the first-differencing models which are applied to the gravity equation.

Direct Investment and Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific: The Case of Taiwanese Investment in Xiamen

1993 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 746-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Luo ◽  
Christopher Howe
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Key Indicator ◽  
Export Expansion ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Definition Of

The Asia-Pacific region, and particularly its East Asian core, has achieved an impressive record of growth, export expansion and regional economic integration that now spans more than three decades and a wide variety of world economic environments. A key indicator of these achievements is the changing level of intra-regional foreign trade. This indicator is positive for the region as a whole over the period, although trends since 1980 are quite sensitive to the precise definition of the region employed. However, for the NICs (Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore) and the ASEAN group (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philip-pines and Brunei) in isolation, intra-regional trade increased by approximately 25 per cent over the decade 1980–1990.

scholarly journals The WTO after TPP

Asian Survey ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1101-1122
Author(s):  
Simon J. Evenett
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
The World

This paper critically evaluates the contention that the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership would adversely affect the centrality of the World Trade Organization. Not only are many Asian nations members of the WTO, but some undertook major reforms to join. Contrary to much existing literature, it is argued here that governments in the Asia-Pacific region should not be alarmed by the fate of this mega-regional trade deal.

Asia/Pacific Regional Trade Agreements: An empirical study

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 974-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhavish Jugurnath ◽  
Mark Stewart ◽  
Robert Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Regional Trade Agreements ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Regional Trade
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