Search results for "Will Asian investment follow trade with Latin America?"
Industry and trade, Regional cooperation and integration

RCEP – a life raft for trade liberalization in Asia

RCEP - a life raft for trade liberalization in Asia
...region-wide trade deal: the East Asian Free Trade Agreement, which includes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan and the Republic of Korea,...

Infrastructure

The case for connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia

The case for connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia
...scenario involves (i) removal of all tariffs associated with South Asian and Southeast Asian trade, (ii) a 50% reduction in inter-regional non-tariff barriers, and (iii) a 15% reduction in trade...

Agriculture and natural resources

Promoting the sustainable development goals with “win–win” regulations in food and agricultural trade

Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals with “win–win” regulations in food and agricultural trade
...Impact of Veterinary Drug Residue Standards on Crustacean Imports in the EU, Japan, and North America. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(2): 496–502. van Tongeren, F., A.-C. Disdier, J. Komorowska,...

Industry and trade

Is finance a binding constraint for SME participation in trade in Asia?

Is finance a binding constraint for SME participation in trade in Asia?
...the post–global financial crisis era as well as the subsequent trade collapse highlighted the finance–trade link. The downturn in trade finance was a major issue during that crisis. Since 2008,...

Industry and trade

Plurilateral trade agreements: an overlooked but powerful force for international trade opening for Asia?

Plurilateral trade agreements: an overlooked but powerful force for international trade opening for Asia?
...April. http://www.iccwbo.org/Advocacy-Codes-and-Rules/Document-centre/2013/Payoff-from-the-World-Trade-Agenda-2013/ (retrieved 7 December 2014). 3 See http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news14_e/gpro_07apr14_e.htm 4 See http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news14_e/ita_11nov14_e.htm 5 Note 4. 6 See Office of the US Trade Representative fact sheet at http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/fact-sheets/2014/November/Supporting-Economic-Growth-Home-Abroad-Eliminating-Trade-Barriers-on-IT-Products Photo: By John...

Economics

From the Russian Federation’s focus on Europe to its pivot to Asia

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...around $148 billion in 2013, with the PRC (trade turnover of almost $90 billion in 2013) clearly the top single trade partner in the subregion. The trade turnover with other...

Miscellaneous

Was it all ‘nirvana?’ Why the emerging country gloom is mistaken

Was it all ‘nirvana?’ Why the emerging country gloom is mistaken
...Gaps with the US, average annual % change 1980–2011 Source: OECD Latin American Outlook 2014. The convergence process in favor of emerging countries—their GDP growth leading richer countries so that...

Industry and trade

Trading for sustainable fisheries

Trading for Sustainable Fisheries
...(i) relationship between fish trade and sustainable fisheries; (ii) potential promise of and the perils in the fish trade; and (iii) main trade-related concerns in the sustainability of fisheries. Sumaila...

Industry and trade

A vision of global free trade? The new regionalism and the ‘building blocs’ debate

A vision of global free trade? The new regionalism and the ‘building blocs’ debate
...Continental Free Trade Area—to be completed by 2017. Latin America has several sub-regional agreements in place and has expressed interest in a region-wide agreement, including possibly with North America under...

Economics, Poverty

The impact of trade opening on developing Asia: Evidence and policy implications

The impact of trade opening on developing Asia: Evidence and policy implications
...some of the Latin American countries, we can expect labor reforms to restrict, if not reverse, the informality-increasing effects of trade reforms. It is interesting to note here that in...