Regional trade and economic integration [[electronic resource] ] : analytical insights and policy options / / Ram Upendra Das, Piyadasa Edirisuriya, Anoop Swarup

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462043503321
• Autore: Upendra Das R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2012
• ISBN: 1-281-60360-0; 9786613784292; 981-4374-61-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EdirisuriyaPiyadasa; SwarupAnoop
• Disciplina: 337.15
• Soggetti: Free trade - Asia; Free trade - Pacific Area; Electronic books.; Asia Commercial treaties; Pacific Area Commercial treaties
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1. India's Trade Policy Reforms; 1.2. Rationale; 1.3. Scope; Chapter 2: Regional Economic Agreements of India: Status, Potential, and Some Experiences; 2.1. Experience Gained from Implementation; 2.1.1. India-Bhutan Free Trade Agreement; 2.1.2. India-Nepal Trade Treaty; 2.1.3. India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement; 2.1.4. South Asian Free Trade Area Agreement; 2.1.5. India-Afghanistan Preferential Trade Agreement; Rules of Origin; 2.1.6. India-Thailand Early Harvest Scheme and FTA; 2.1.7. India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement2.1.8. India-ASEAN FTA; 2.1.9. India-Malaysia CECA; 2.1.10. India-New Zealand CECA; 2.1.11. India-Indonesia CECA; 2.1.12. Asia Pacific Trade Agreement - The erstwhile Bangkok Agreement; 2.1.13. Global System of Trade Preferences; 2.1.14. East Asia Summit; Annex 2.1; Annex 2.2; Annex 2.3; Chapter 3: The Economics of Regional ; Integration and Analytical Insights from Negotiations; 3.1. Economic Rationale of Regional Integration; 3.1.1. Adjustment cost versus efficiency concerns; 3.1.2. Linkages between trade in goods and trade in services3.1.3. Trade-Investment linkages; 3.1.4. Importance of regional economic integration for scale expansion; 3.1.5. Trade creation and diversion; 3.1.6. Trade diversion not necessarily bad; 3.1.7. Rules of origin: Developmental outcomes; 3.1.8. Some empirical estimates; 3.1.9. Tests of stationarity; 3.1.10. Levin-Lin-Chu test; 3.1.11. Im-Pesaran-Shin test; 3.1.12. Hadri test; 3.2. Analytical Insights from Negotiations; 3.2.1. "Substantially all trade"; 3.2.2. Sensitive list; 3.2.2.1. Safeguarding the sensitivities of the agriculture sector: Lessons from RTAsof the ASEAN countries and some developed countries1. Evolution of AFTA in Addressing Agricultural Sensitivities; 2. ASEAN-China FTA; 3. ASEAN-South Korea FTA; 4. Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement; 5. Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement; 6. Japan-Malaysia Economic Partnership Agreement; 7. Thailand-Australia FTA; 8. US-Thailand FTA; 9. Malaysia-South Korea FTA; 3.2.2.2. Treatment of agriculture sector in agreements of the developed countries; 10. US-Australia FTA; 11. EU FTAs: Treatment to Agriculture12. US-Israel FTA; 3.2.2.3. Summary; 3.2.3. Rules of Origin; 3.2.3.1. The rationale; 3.2.3.2. Modalities; 3.2.3.3. Change in tariff heading versus change in tariff subheading; 3.2.3.4. Rules of Origin as a development policy tool; 3.2.3.5. Enhancing the feasibility of welfare-inducing FTA; 3.2.4. Trade in services; 3.2.4.1. Uniqueness of services; 3.2.4.2. Major characteristics of services; 3.2.4.3. Theories of trade in services; 3.2.4.4. Relevance of services trade integration in SAARC; 3.2.5. Investment cooperation; Annex 3.1; Annex 3.2; Chapter 4: Empirical Estimation of Economic and Welfare Gains
• Sommario/riassunto: The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as a dominant player in trade and will continue to be an influential pole of world trade and economics, with the center of gravity shifting to this region. This book presents analytical insights into the various regional and bilateral trade agreements (RTAs) and their beneficial effects on bilateral trade and development. It provides an incisive analysis and a roundup of all major RTAs and also presents an overview of all major agreements between the countries involved, which might propel their trade flows and influence future economic engagements. The book