FTA - Matches

The East Asian region is a major global economic player, given its economic size and potential. As such, Regional Economic Integration in East Asia co..

Amidst the rising trend in free trade agreements (FTAs) and growing international production sharing, rules of origin (ROO) has been beset with diffic..

With less than two years after its ratification, many of the economic gains expected under JPEPA have yet to be realized. But while critics may be qui..

The Asia and Pacific region and Latin American and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic distance, but also by disparit..

This paper develops a modality of liberalization for APEC, based on a sectoral level, as an alternative to the politically sensitive Free Trade Area o..

Rules of origin (ROO) set the criteria in determining the nationality of a product and where a product was made. The importance of ROO has increased i..

The formation of free trade agreements (FTAs) has been set in motion worldwide and its conclusion does not appear imminent in the near future. In the ..

Free trade agreements (FTAs) are seen to boost a nation's competitiveness in the global trade arena. Asia, albeit a "late bloomer" in initiating FTAs ..

Striking a balance between trade facilitation and preventing trade deflection is the single most difficult challenge with regard to the issue of rules..

With globalization and advances in information and communication technology (ICT) leading to growing international production sharing, amidst the incr..

In moving toward the East Asian vision of a community, a rational, enabling regime of rules of origin (ROOs) that would encourage deeper economic inte..

Why the need to ratify the JPEPA? Based on the numerous studies carried out under the PIDS JPEPA Research Project, JPEPA will be advantageous to the c..

As a result of changing conditions in the world market and increasing global competition, trade and integration arrangements have become a part of eco..

This research paper examines the politico-strategic motivations of the Bush Administration’s effort to foster Free Trade Agreements to a number of c..

The paper analyzes how various preferential trading arrangements deal with agriculture liberalization and examines a few case studies highlighting th..