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Author Tumbarello, Patrizia, author.

Title Are regional trade agreements in Asia stumbling or building blocks? : implications for the Mekong-3 countries / prepared by Patrizia Tumbarello
Published Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (27 pages) : illustrations
Series IMF working paper ; WP/07/53.
Summary Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of turning into an unmanageable "noodle bowl" in the future? The goal of this paper is to shed some light on this question. The results show that membership in the Asian RTAs considered in this study have not, to date, occurred at the expense of trade with nonmembers, as most Asian countries' integration with the global economy preceded regional integration. However, looking forward, given their discriminatory nature, a proliferation of RTAs, which is not accompanied by continuing unilateral and multilateral liberalization, could run the risk of leading to costly trade diversion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25)
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Subject Trade blocs -- Southeast Asia
Trade blocs -- Southeast Asia -- Econometric models
Commerce
Commerce -- Econometric models
Commercial policy
Trade blocs
Trade blocs -- Econometric models
SUBJECT Southeast Asia -- Commerce
Southeast Asia -- Commerce -- Econometric models
Southeast Asia -- Commercial policy
Subject Southeast Asia
Form Electronic book
Author International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Department.
ISBN 1451866178
9781451866179