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.
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
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