Overview

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.

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Author:   Tran Van Hoa ,  Charles Harvie
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Edition:   illustrated edition
ISBN:  

9781847200617

ISBN 10:   1847200613
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   31 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword Stephen Martin PART I: REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ISSUES 1. Regional Trade Agreements in Asia: An Overview Tran Van Hoa and Charles Harvie 2. The WTO, Regional Trade Agreements and an Enlarged ASEAN Tran Van Hoa 3. Deep Integration in Regional Trading Agreements Peter Lloyd 4. China's Global Competitiveness and Regional Trade and Investment Yanyun Zhao PART II: ECONOMIC, TRADE, INVESTMENT AND INTEGRATION ISSUES FOR ENLARGED ASEAN MEMBERS 5. India's Poor and Gains from Trade with ASEAN Shovan Ray 6. Aspects of an Enlarged ASEAN: a Perspective from Thailand Apichai Puntasen, Wichada Lewnanonchai and Thanawan Rattanawarinchai 7. Agricultural Issues in an Enlarged ASEAN: The Case of Vietnam Nguyen Manh Hai and Tran Van Hoa 8. Prospects for an AFTA-CER Free Trade Agreement Charles Harvie PART III: MICRO, FINANCE, MANAGEMENT AND SECTORAL ISSUES IN AN ENLARGED ASEAN 9. SMEs in Regional Trade and Investment Development Charles Harvie 10. Asian Reserves and the Dollar: Issues in an Enlarged ASEAN Ashima Goyal 11. TRIPS-plus: Free Trade Agreements Jeopardizing Public Health in Developing Nations Prabodh Malhotra and Bhajan Grewal 12. The Micro-finance Movement in China: Lessons and Initiatives for an Enlarged ASEAN Enjiang Cheng 13. China's Corporate Culture and Implications for Trade and Investment in the Asian Region Guirong Li and Xianfeng Wei PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS 14. Challenges and Opportunities from an Enlarged ASEAN Tran Van Hoa Index

Reviews

'In this very readable contribution many of the region's superior minds have looked deeply into some of the most important trade issues facing Asia in the coming years.'- From the foreword by Professor the Hon Stephen Martin

'The book provides a useful contribution on a region likely to attract increasing attention in future.' -- Benoit Rousseau Leduc, East Asian Integration Review 'In this very readable contribution many of the region's superior minds have looked deeply into some of the most important trade issues facing Asia in the coming years.' -- From the foreword by Professor the Hon. Stephen Martin, Victoria University, Australia

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Edited by Tran Van Hoa, Research Professor, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia and Charles Harvie, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Small Business and Regional Research, University of Wollongong, Australia

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